Healthcare organizations and medical-related workers' unions held a rally at Tokyo's Hibiya Amphitheater, calling for a change of government to protect lives and to improve medical and social welfare programs.
JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira said, “The Liberal Democratic Party feels pressured by the unity of opposition parties,” when asked by reporters about ruling LDP executives’ remarks that question opposition parties’ collaboration.
The Prime Minister Kishida-led Cabinet on October 14 dissolved the House of Representatives. All political parties effectively started political campaigns that will last just 17 days before a general election will be held in the last day of this month.
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