Hirofumi Yoshimura

Leader, Japan Innovation Party; Governor of Osaka Japan

Center-right

Reform as a permanent campaign: shrink the Diet, break Tokyo's monopoly on the state, and keep re-running the referendum until Osaka says yes — even if the vested interest he now sits inside is the LDP.

Community poll — liberal or conservative?

Liberal 393 (26%)(74%) 1144 Conservative

Details — statements, goals & consistency record →

Most recent, with sources

Ishin's flagship coalition demand became law: the House of Councillors passed the secondary-capital bill 123-121 after the Diet session was extended eight days specifically to get it through, creating a designated district outside Tokyo to assume core government functions in a major disaster.

2026-07-07Speech

I believe cutting the number of lawmakers is the central pillar of reform, and it is something we must see through. At this point, of course, they are not something we will withdraw.

Source: News On Japan ↗

2026-02-08Action

Resigned as governor in January 2026 to trigger a snap gubernatorial election on the same day as Takaichi's snap general election, explicitly to win a mandate for a third referendum on merging Osaka city's wards — and was re-elected to a third term with 83.2% of the vote, beating two independents who opposed the merger.

Source: The Japan Times ↗