After the meeting, Noda told reporters, “The difference in interpretations will be a problem,” referring to the lack of a joint document.
Seiji Maehara, co-head of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), said, “The content (of the agreement) is not detailed, and this is very risky.”
“We want to take back the compliment to the government that we made right after the agreement,” Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, said.
Komeito’s Saito urged Ishiba to hold a summit meeting with Trump “to avoid a misunderstanding.”
After the meeting, Ishiba stressed that the government will firmly put the agreement into practice.
“I felt the prime minister’s strong wish to remain in his post,” Tamaki said.
Over the US tariffs, parliamentary affairs chiefs of the LDP and the CDP agreed to hold a Budget Committee meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, possibly on Aug. 4.
Sanseito was represented at the party leader meeting for the first time. The heads of Reiwa Shinsengumi and the Japanese Communist Party were also present.
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