🚨🗣NEW: Alliance Party MLA Nuala McAllister says the first thing the party will raise with new Taoiseach Simon Harris "is the issue of reform." She told Political Reporter James Gould that Brexit "damaged relationships" with Republic but are now getting on "better footing." | Cool News & Sport

The new party Centrist Reform Alliance, formed by the largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party and Komeito, which recently severed its coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announces a five-pillar party platform ahead of Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s anticipated announcement later in the day that she intends to dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap election. Originally aired on January 19, 2026 on NNN. Watch more on https://www.youtube.com/c/NipponTVNews24Jap