Overview

• Multiple reports say the Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party have begun coordinating to act together in the prime minister designation vote, with backing Sanae Takaichi under discussion.
• LDP officials notified Ishin and the Constitutional Democratic Party that the government plans to convene an extraordinary Diet session on Oct. 21 and aims to hold the designation vote on the opening day.
• Jiji Press reported that Takaichi is arranging separate meetings on Oct. 15 with the leaders of the CDP, Ishin, and the Democratic Party for the People.
• The Tokyo No. 1 Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution deemed the nonindictment of LDP lawmaker Hiroyuki Kada "inappropriate," prompting prosecutors to reinvestigate, while the No. 5 panel found nonprosecution of Kazuo Yana "appropriate."
• Signaling friction within Ishin, Lower House member Seiki Soramoto said he will run as an independent in the next election and has launched a regional party called "Hiroshima no Taiyo."