Komeito formally selected Mitsunari Okamoto as its new leader on Saturday after talks on a merger failed, ahead of an extraordinary Diet session next week.
Komeito, the former junior partner in Japan's long-ruling coalition, formally selected Mitsunari Okamoto as its new leader on Saturday, Kyodo News reported. The choice followed the collapse of merger talks.
The party is preparing for an extraordinary Diet session that begins next week, under a new opposition parliamentary caucus, Kyodo said.
Okamoto is a former long-serving figure in the party. The digest did not publish a vote count or a full policy platform, so neither is stated here.
The leadership change is a party decision, not a change of government. Komeito is in opposition after leaving the ruling coalition.
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