China News Service, November 12th. According to Fuji TV, Japan, on the 12th local time, Yukio Edano, the leader of Japan's largest opposition party, the Cadet Party, formally resigned in order to assume the party's responsibility for the reduction of seats in the House of Representatives election.
The Permanent Secretary of the Cadet Party decided that the election of the successor party leader will be announced on the 19th and votes will be counted on the 30th.
Data map: Yukio Edano.
According to reports, regarding the election of the new head of the Cadet Party, the party’s political chairman Izumi Kenta, the head of the staff office Hiroshi Ogushi, and the former deputy minister of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Tomomi Nishimura are discussing whether to participate.
The arguments for the election may revolve around the 2022 Senate election and so on.
After his official resignation, Yukio Edano posted on social media, “In the future, as a member of Congress, I will continue to work hard to realize the program and basic policies formulated with the goal of regime change.”
According to previous reports, in the House of Representatives election, the Cadets suffered a major defeat, reducing the number of seats from 109 before the election to 96.
On November 2, Edano Yukio said at a party cadre meeting that he would take the blame and resign.
Yukio Edano has served as Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.
Currently a member of the Japanese House of Representatives.