Japan's main opposition calls for 'wealth distribution first' ahead of election

Yukio Edano, head of Japan's largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a group interview in Tokyo, Japan, October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's largest opposition, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ), said on Thursday it would try to close the country's income gap with wealth redistribution if it were to take power in the Oct. 31 election.

It is a position echoed by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is also head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), blurring policy difference between the LDP and CDPJ ahead of the lower house election.