Overview
- Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura said it would be difficult for his party to name a CDPJ representative in the prime minister election due to major policy differences.
- A prime minister vote will follow the LDP leadership election in an extraordinary Diet session.
- CDPJ leader Yoshihiko Noda proposed talks with the JIP and the Democratic Party for the People as early as next week to pursue a united opposition front.
- JIP co-head Fumitake Fujita signaled openness to talks with a new LDP president about joining the government.
- Senior LDP and JIP figures met at the Diet to discuss social security–tax integration and inflation measures as alternatives to a ¥20,000 handout, with some in the JIP pushing their 'second capital' initiative.