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Takaichi said the coalition's collapse was "extremely regrettable" and that their decision to exit the alliance was "unilateral".

Already, the coalition he relies on to remain in power is showing fractures, with extremist figures representing settler interests expressing their anger that Netanyahu didn’t stay the course and continue fighting.

TOKYO—A major political ally of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has exited the governing coalition, ending a 26-year-long relationship in a move that could fuel political instability.

The EPP sits atop an unwieldy coalition of these three factions, designed to freeze out parties of the insurgent right that did well in last year’s European Parliament elections.

After Germany shut its last operating nuclear reactors in 2023, right-leaning politicians fought to restart them as part of talks this year to form a governing coalition, but Socialists refused to accept the move.