Tadamori Oshima, the newly appointed secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said Friday that regaining the public's trust will require concrete policies and a clear, new vision of what the party stands for.

Oshima, a former farm minister who was appointed to the party's No. 2 post Tuesday, said during a group interview that the LDP must get back to basics by campaigning at the grassroots level while simultaneously strengthening the party's ability to govern.

Furthermore, Oshima said the LDP must battle on two fronts.