Social Democratic Party Convention Leader Fukushima calls for unity to expand the party's strength in the next House of Representatives election. The Social Democratic Party's convention was held in Tokyo on the afternoon of the 23rd.
The party is expected to decide on a new action plan that will include collaboration with citizen movements across the country that are working to oppose military expansion and abolish nuclear power. The party's goal is to increase the number of seats from the current one to five seats in thenext House of Representative election.