# Japan opposition party Komeito selects new leader

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- CGTN, 2026-10-03 08:28 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-03/Japan-opposition-party-Komeito-selects-new-leader-1QWlak8jGow/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Japan’s Komeito party selected House of Representatives lawmaker Mitsunari Okamoto as its new leader at a party convention on Saturday. He replaces Toshiko Takeya, who had led the former junior coalition partner since January, after its lower-house lawmakers joined the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, which split in September.