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This photo shows the parliament in Tokyo, on Aug. 5, 1993. (Kyodo News via AP)

This photo shows the parliament in Tokyo, on Aug. 5, 1993. (Kyodo News via AP)

FILE - Japan's major opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba adds a rosette on the name of one of those elected in parliamentary elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo, on Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)

FILE - Japan's major opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba adds a rosette on the name of one of those elected in parliamentary elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo, on Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)

People walk past an election poster board for lower house election in Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

People walk past an election poster board for lower house election in Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan's newly appointed Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, right, greets the Liberal Democratic Party's President Yohei Kono, left, at the parliament in Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 1993. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan's newly appointed Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, right, greets the Liberal Democratic Party's President Yohei Kono, left, at the parliament in Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 1993. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan's Prime Minister and head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party Shigeru Ishiba attends a campaigning for a parliamentary election in Mito, north of Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan's Prime Minister and head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party Shigeru Ishiba attends a campaigning for a parliamentary election in Mito, north of Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Taketora Ogata delivers a speech during a gathering to form the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 1955. (Kyodo News via AP)

Taketora Ogata delivers a speech during a gathering to form the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 1955. (Kyodo News via AP)

Head of Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Yoshihiko Noda attends a campaigning for a parliamentary election in Fukuoka, southern Japan Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Head of Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Yoshihiko Noda attends a campaigning for a parliamentary election in Fukuoka, southern Japan Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

FILE - Former Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe celebrate after Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was elected as new head of Japan's ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

FILE - Former Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe celebrate after Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was elected as new head of Japan's ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

FILE - A banner displaying the photos of successive leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is seen at the party's headquarters building prior to its leadership election in Tokyo, on Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

FILE - A banner displaying the photos of successive leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is seen at the party's headquarters building prior to its leadership election in Tokyo, on Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, second left, and Keiichi Ishii of the Komeito Party, during an election campaign in Soka, Saitama prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, second left, and Keiichi Ishii of the Komeito Party, during an election campaign in Soka, Saitama prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)