The CRA and Komeito are keen about creating a new opposition party option. Some senior members of the CDP and officials of a major labor union supporting the initiative are also positive about the idea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/31/japan/politics/oppositions-looking-new-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #cra #komeito

Some members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party responded positively when told of a plan by opposition parties to form the Centrist Reform Alliance, former CRA co-leader Yoshihiko Noda has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/22/japan/ldp-cra-positive-noda/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ldp #cra #cdp #komeito #yoshihikonoda

An internal study from the Centrist Reform Alliance confirmed what many political observers had already concluded — the attempt to fuse the CDP and Komeito faced structural flaws from the start. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/15/japan/politics/centrist-reform-alliance-soul-searching/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #cdp #komeito #ldp

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito should merge with the Centrist Reform Alliance fully, including at the local level, CRA leader Junya Ogawa said in an interview on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/03/japan/politics/centrist-reform-alliance-leader-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #junyaogawa #cdp #komeito #ldp

The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan adopted its fiscal 2026 campaign policy on Sunday, stopping short of specifying when it will decide whether to merge into the Centrist Reform Alliance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/30/japan/cdp-cra-merge-unclear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #cdp #cra #komeito

Komeito leader Toshiko Takeya has sounded positive on the party's future integration into the Centrist Reform Alliance, a peer in the Japanese opposition camp. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/15/japan/politics/komeito-chief-positive-cra-integration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #komeito #cdp #cra

In an about-face, the Democratic Party for the People says it will join a panel on social security while the Centrist Reform Alliance is also seriously considering it after both parties snubbed its inaugural meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/09/japan/politics/consumption-tax-panel-cra-dpp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #dpp #taxes #consumptiontax #ldp #komeito #cdp #sanseito #jcp

Newly elected Centrist Reform Alliance chief Junya Ogawa does not see his party as a brake for the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, but as an entirely separate vehicle altogether. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/19/japan/politics/cra-ogawa-rebuild/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #junyaogawa #2026lowerhouseelection #cdp #komeito

Sanae Takaichi’s election win gives her the political capital to tackle Japan’s voting issues, including religious and union influence, foreign interference and proportional representation flaws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/18/world/tackling-japans-political-taboos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #sanaetakaichi #japan #sokagakkai #komeito #ldp #rengo #cdp #china #ccp #diet #cra #jip #dpp #chinajapanrelations

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s approval rating remained high, at 41%, following its overwhelming victory in the Feb. 8 Lower House election, a recent Nikkei poll survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/politics/ldp-approval-rating/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #dpp #sanseito #cra #komeito #cdp