The Japanese Communist Party said Monday it would abandon its policy of cooperating with other opposition parties in national elections, signaling a potential further weakening of political forces opposed to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.Against the backdrop of a recent split in a major Japanese opposition party, JCP chief Tomoko Tamura said a "new party configuration" has emerged and vowed to prioritize expanding her party to counter Takaichi's conservative government.The JCP, founded before the end of World War II in 1945, had previously advocated "cooperation between citizens and opposit…READ FULL ARTICLE
