Communist Party Chairman Tamura “Aims to obtain 6.5 million proportional representation votes in the next House of Representatives election”. Tomoko Tamura, who became the first woman to become chairperson at the Communist Party's convention held in January, gave an interview to NHK at party headquarters on the 6th.

In response to the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction within the Liberal Democratic Party, Tamura said, ``Liberal Democratic Party politics is truly at an impasse. We need to fight together."