Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, attend a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2026. Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, announced on Monday that they would resign from their posts to take responsibility for the party's defeat in the House of Representatives election. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
TOKYO, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, announced on Monday that they would resign from their posts to take responsibility for the party's defeat in the House of Representatives election. ■
Tetsuo Saito, co-leader of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2026. Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, announced on Monday that they would resign from their posts to take responsibility for the party's defeat in the House of Representatives election. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Tetsuo Saito, co-leader of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, gives a speech on the street in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 7, 2026. Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, announced on Monday that they would resign from their posts to take responsibility for the party's defeat in the House of Representatives election. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, attend a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2026. Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, announced on Monday that they would resign from their posts to take responsibility for the party's defeat in the House of Representatives election. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2026. Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, announced on Monday that they would resign from their posts to take responsibility for the party's defeat in the House of Representatives election. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, gives a speech on the street in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 7, 2026. Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's main opposition party Centrist Reform Alliance, announced on Monday that they would resign from their posts to take responsibility for the party's defeat in the House of Representatives election. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
