By Tim Kelly and Ami Miyazaki
TOKYO (Reuters) – The leader of the Japanese ruling coalition’s junior partner, Komeito, on Thursday indicated his party does not want a snap general election after the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) picks a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
“The top priority is dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. People want to get back to business and return to work, and I don’t believe they want a power vacuum of a month or two that would result from calling an election,” Natsuo Yamaguchi said in an interview.
(Reporting by Tim Kelly and Ami Miyazaki; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
