It's an unlikely alliance but desperate times call for desperate measures. Sanae Takaichi still wants to be prime minister and she doesn't have much other choices after the Komeito party abandoned the ruling coalition. Now, the LDP party is engaging in talks with the Nippon Ishin party - often seen as the opposition party.
The latter's co-leader, Fumitake Fujita, is out saying that "we found a lot of common ground with LDP today". Adding that there will be another round of talks tomorrow. That being said, Fujita warns that "we don't know yet whether we will be able to ultimately reach a deal".
Meanwhile, the LDP party's policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi is out saying that the two sides do share a common ground in key areas suich as constitution, security, and energy. But again, we'll have to see if either side is willing to really compromise at the end of the day.
