INTERVIEW: DPFP's Tamaki Wants to Become PM, but Not Now

   Tokyo, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)--Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, said Friday that he wants to become Japan's prime minister, but "now is not the time."
   In an interview with Jiji Press, the DPFP leader ruled out the possibility of his party joining the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition, which lost its majority in the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, in Sunday's election.
   As the ruling bloc is now seeking to secure the cooperation of the DPFP, which surged in the Lower House election, they have agreed to begin policy talks.
   Tamaki said his party's proposals for reviewing the so-called 1.03-million-yen income tax threshold and lifting the suspension of the so-called trigger clause to enable a temporary gasoline tax cut will be priority issues in the talks.

(2024/11/01-18:14)

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