THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 5, 2024 at 17:34 JST
Kenta Izumi, leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, gives a speech at the party convention in Tokyo on Feb. 4. (Shigetaka Kodama)
Sensing blood in the water amid a political funding scandal, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is calling for a change in government in the next Lower House election. [Read More]
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