Opposition parties expressed regret about failing to build a united front against Gov. Yuriko Koike in Sunday's gubernatorial election and pledged to field unified candidates against the ruling coalition in the next Lower House election.
"Taking opposition parties' failure to unite as a lesson, we want to try to set up one-to-one fights between an opposition-backed candidate and a ruling coalition-led one in the House of Representatives election," said Akira Nagatsuma, election chief of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
Nagatsuma was referring to the next Lower House election that must be held by October 2021.