Leaders of Japan’s political parties, from left to right, Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People, Keiichi Ishii of the Komeito Party, Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Shigeru Ishiba of the Liberal Democratic Party, Nobuyuki Baba of the Japan Innovation Party, Tomoko Tamura of the Japanese Communist Party and Taro Yamamoto of the Reiwa Shinsengumi Party attend the debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, ahead of the Lower House election scheduled for Oct. 27.