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Centrist Reform Alliance Rejects Merger as Parties Split
9/1/2026
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- Junya Ogawa, leader of the Centrist Reform Alliance, said it will not merge with the CDPJ or Komeito.
- Shunichi Mizuoka, CDPJ leader, announced his party will not join the alliance.
- Toshiko Takeya, Komeito chief, said her party will not join and expressed disappointment.
- Ogawa said the split parties will form a new Lower House parliamentary group.
- The alliance holds 49 Lower House seats, down from 167 before the election.
