Komeito, the Liberal Democratic Party’s long-time junior coalition partner, said Friday it plans to leave the ruling camp, parting ways with the LDP and new President Sanae Takaichi after the LDP failed to accept the party’s proposal on political donations. Komeito’s decision to end the 26-year partnership with the LDP means the ruling party will need to court opposition parties — likely the Democratic Party for the People or Nippon Ishin no Kai, or both — to vote Takaichi in as prime minister