Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki has said the party will decide whether to submit a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet jointly with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan through discussions with the biggest opposition party.
"I would like to hear the CDP's thoughts and strategy regarding whether it will or will not submit a no-confidence motion," Tamaki said at a news conference in the city of Osaka on Saturday.
"We are not in a situation where we can fully trust the Ishiba administration," he said.
Meanwhile, former CDP head Yukio Edano indicated a cautious stance.
"If we think only about our party, we should certainly submit (a no-confidence motion)," Edano told reporters in the city of Miyazaki the same day.
But he also said, "That will not serve national interests," adding that CDP leader Yoshihiko Noda is probably thinking the same way.
Noda told reporters in Tokyo on Saturday that he has yet to decide whether to submit a no-confidence motion against the Ishiba Cabinet.
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