Japan's opposition moves to oust ruling party from power

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Japan's top opposition parties agreed on Tuesday to hold a meeting of leaders, aiming to find a unified candidate for prime minister and oust the ruling party from power.

The agreement comes after the ruling coalition collapsed last week, putting in peril Sanae Takaichi's bid to become the country's first woman premier.

Japan was in political limbo over whether the opposition bloc will unite after junior partner Komeito quit its 26-year alliance with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

A union would give the opposition group enough votes to name a prime minister and block Takaichi, who was elected as LDP president just over a week ago but needs lawmakers’ approval to become premier.

Kazuya Shinba, the number two of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), told reporters that the largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) “asked to hold a leaders’ meeting on Wednesday.”

CDP’s counterpart Jun Azumi said they agreed, and the DPP asked them to clarify their stance on policies including national defence and use of nuclear energy, according to the Asahi Shimubn daily.