Japan ruling parties divided on cooperation in next general election

Komeito has been a plague.

Always looking to spend our money to get themselves elected.

A breakup with LDP would be positive at the margin.

A breakup with LDP would be positive at the margin.

It would be positive in that it would send a message to Jiminto, and reduce their stranglehold on Japan's government and people, if ever so slightly. The coalition with Komeito has been the only thing liberal about the Liberal Democratic Party.

The Liberal Dems seem very liberal to me - spending a boatload of money they don’t have is part of that platform no? Komeito is similar so no wonder they both held hands and spent money willy nilly.

It’s not very useful if they only put all efforts on gaining seats instead of solving a few out of the many problems.