{
  "id": 10868557,
  "title": "Komeito Selects Mitsunari Okamoto as New Leader",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/komeito-selects-mitsunari-okamoto-as-new-leader",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T05:14:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026093000114/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japanese opposition party Komeito decided Wednesday to appoint former party policy chief Mitsunari Okamoto as its new leader. Okamoto, 61, will assume the post at a party convention on Saturday, in line with the expiration of the term of the current leader, Toshiko Takeya, 57. Last week, House of Representatives lawmakers who had transferred from Komeito to ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}