(260122) — TOKYO, Jan. 22, 2026 (Xinhua) — Co-leaders of the brand new opposition celebration Centrist Reform Alliance Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito shake fingers throughout a conference in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 22, 2026.
Japan’s new opposition celebration Centrist Reform Alliance held a conference on Thursday to mark its official launch forward of the Feb. 8 decrease home basic election.
The new celebration was shaped final week between the principle opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) and the Komeito celebration, searching for to defeat the conservative ruling bloc led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party within the upcoming contest. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)