Overview

• Komeito said it will leave the ruling camp after 26 years as the LDP’s junior partner.
• The party cited the LDP’s refusal to adopt stricter political funding rules as the trigger for its decision.
• Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito informed newly elected LDP president Sanae Takaichi of the move in a Friday meeting, according to reports.
• The Komeito–DPP proposal would limit corporate donations to party headquarters and prefectural chapters and ban contributions to groups led by individual politicians.
• The plan also sets a ¥20 million annual cap per party, and the LDP will now seek backing from the DPP or Nippon Ishin to secure votes to elect Takaichi as prime minister in the upcoming Diet session.