The heads of Japan’s main opposition parties are expected to discuss on Wednesday whether they can close policy gaps and pick a candidate of their own for the nation’s premiership.

The leaders — Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People, Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party, and Fumitake Fujita of the Japan Innovation Party (Ishin) — plan to hold their first three-way meeting since the collapse of the ruling coalition last week. The three parties have enough combined seats in the powerful lower house of parliament to outnumber the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to block its new leader, Sanae Takaichi, from becoming the prime minister.

Lawmakers are also expected to confirm that an extraordinary parliament session will take place on Oct. 21 so that they can

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