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JIP Struggles Outside Home Turf of Osaka

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

15:15 JST, February 9, 2026

The Japan Innovation Party, which faced its first test as a ruling party in Sunday’s House of Representatives election, aimed to secure at least 38 seats it won in the last lower house election in 2024, but in the end it struggled outside its home turf of Osaka.

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