Overview

• The LDP’s combined Diet members’ meeting voted on August 8 to begin confirmation procedures for potentially advancing the party presidential vote.
• Former Health Minister Tamura Kenkyu publicly urged on August 10 for an early decision on moving up the leadership election alongside a review of the Upper House defeat.
• Tamura asserted that the confirmation process and the post-election analysis can proceed in parallel without delaying each other.
• He warned that a rapid leadership transition is critical for preparing the 2025 supplementary budget to counter rising prices.
• Lawmakers have expressed significant dissatisfaction with the current leadership structure following the coalition’s loss of a House of Councillors majority.