Overview
- CDP’s Hokkaido chapter said all 12 sitting Lower House members plan to run under the newly created Chudo Reform Union with Komeito, and both parties’ local leaders met in Sapporo to confirm cooperation.
- DPFP’s Hokkaido chapter will field candidates in single-member districts, creating the first direct small-district contests with CDP there, while the Japanese Communist Party is preparing multiple bids that could further split anti-government votes.
- DPFP headquarters named Akishige Kawai, 52, as its prospective candidate for Shiga’s 1st district, underscoring the party’s broader recruitment push.
- Independent lawmaker Yumi Hayashi intends to run in Wakayama’s 1st district with DPFP support, though the Rengo Wakayama labor federation may withhold an endorsement if opposition parties fail to unify.
- Okinawa’s Nago mayoral race opens with incumbent Taketoyo Toguchi backed by LDP, Komeito, DPFP and Ishin facing former city councilor Kumiko Onaga backed by CDP, the JCP and others, with cost-of-living relief and the Henoko base issue in focus.