In the recent House of Representatives election held on October 8, Japan's main opposition party, the Chudoh Reform Alliance, experienced what has been characterized as a 'historical landslide victory' for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Having seen its number of seats drop to less than one-third, the Chudoh Reform Alliance is now embarking on a reconstruction process, initiating moves to elect a new party leader following their catastrophic defeat. According to Asahi Shimbun's report on October 10, the alliance's co-leaders, Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, have tendered their resignations in light of the election's disappointing outcomes, which resulted in the party losing an astonishing 123 seats compared to the previous election.

In a press conference held the previous day, Noda expressed accountability for the coalition's failure, lamenting the loss of seats that he considered as comrades and colleagues who had suffered alongside him against the LDP. The Chudoh Reform Alliance, formed by the existing first opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, and the third party, Komeito, received a blow with only 49 seats won in the latest election, significantly down from 172 previously. Of the 144 incumbent members who joined the new party from the CDP, only 21 managed to remain in the 'survival list', marking a dramatic and unexpected collapse in their political aspirations.

Looking ahead, names like Kenta Izumi, the former leader of the CDP, are being discussed as potential candidates for the new leadership role in the Chudoh Reform Alliance. He is notably one of the few who emerged victorious from the dismal outcome. In a media interview, he stressed the urgency of stabilizing the party structure and expressing gratitude to those members who managed to retain their seats, thereby emphasizing the crucial next steps for the party in re-establishing itself within Japan's political landscape.