Overview
- The two leaders met for about 30 minutes at the Palace Hotel Tokyo on January 12.
- Yoshihiko Noda asked Komeito to coordinate for the next House of Representatives election, and Tetsuo Saito said the party would "positively consider" the proposal.
- Both parties agreed to pursue higher-level coordination and tasked senior officials with working out concrete arrangements.
- Tetsuo Saito said there was no discussion of withdrawing candidates or other single-member district adjustments at the meeting.
- The talks were prompted by reports that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may dissolve the House at the January 23 Diet opening, and the leaders said a political vacuum should be avoided.