Within the Liberal Democratic Party, which has won four of the five by-elections for the House of Representatives, it is expected that the movement toward the dissolution of the House of Representatives will become active.
On the other hand, the opposition parties are wary of an early dissolution and plan to hasten the rebuilding of the party and the selection of candidates.
In the five by-elections held on the 23rd, the LDP gained one seat to four and the Japan Restoration Party won one seat, while the Constitutional Democratic Party failed to win a seat.
In response to the by-election, some members of the LDP have expressed the opinion that the dissolution of the House of Representatives should be held as early as after the G5 Hiroshima Summit next month, saying that it should be done before the opposition parties are ready, while others have pointed out that "there are many narrow victories and it is not a situation where it can be dissolved immediately."
Prime Minister Kishida has stated that he is "not currently considering" the dissolution of the House of Representatives, but it is expected that movements toward dissolution within the party will become more active in the future.
In response, Representative Izumi of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan wants to continue as president and hasten the rebuilding of the party's strength with an early dissolution in mind, but some in the party have said that it is difficult to face the situation as it is, and have called for a renewal of the executive committee structure.
On the other hand, the Japan Restoration Party, which has made great strides including unified local elections, aims to become the first opposition party in the next House of Representatives election, and plans to recruit and train human resources at the party's political school in order to field candidates in all single-member constituencies.