Leaders of Japan’s main political parties attend a debate session ahead of October 31, 2021 lower house election in Tokyo | News

The Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima, the Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, the Japanese Communist Party Chairman Kazuo Shii, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Edano, Japan’s Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida, Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi, The Japan Restoration Party, also known as the Japan Restoration Association, leader Ichiro Matsui, Reiwa Shinsengumi party leader Taro Yamamoto, and leader of the party fighting against NHK in the trial for violating Article 72 of the Attorney Act Takashi Tachibana pose for a photograph at the start of debate session ahead of October 31, 2021 lower house election, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan October 18 , 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool