Prime Minister Kishida met with former LDP secretary general Nikai on the night of April 1 and agreed that it is important for the government and the party to unite in order to win the upper house election in the summer.
The meeting between Prime Minister Kishida and the former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party was held for about two hours while eating at a hotel in Tokyo on the night of April 1. Former Deputy Secretary General Hayashi and Minister of the Environment Yamaguchi were present.
Among them, they agreed that it is important for the government and the party to unite in order to win the upper house election in the summer, and exchanged opinions on the situation in Ukraine and the response to the new corona.
The meeting between Prime Minister Kishida and Mr. Nikai was the first since the inauguration of the Kishida administration last fall, and the meeting on the night of the 1st was held at the request of Prime Minister Kishida.
After the meeting, Mr. Nemoto told reporters, "I was instructed by Mr. Nikai, including the story of the election. There are policy issues such as the situation in Ukraine and the new corona, but I decided to do my best." ..