That should put a smile on Sanae Takaichi's face as it likely reflects better odds now of her becoming the next prime minister. Any pact/alliance is still yet to be formalised though but with the LDP pushing for a vote on 21 October, one can believe that the talks today are merely to finetune an agreement between both sides.
Fujita also says that they will stop any discussions with opposition parties as talks with the LDP now enters into the stage of finalising details. As for the overall backdrop, I summarised the situation here: Japan's LDP and Nippon Ishin parties set for second round of talks today
