TOKYO, Nov 1 — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling LDP defied expectations and held on to a stable majority in yesterday's parliamentary election, solidifying his position in a fractious party and allowing him to ramp up stimulus. Kishida’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party...
TOKYO, Nov 1 — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling LDP defied expectations and held on to a stable majority in yesterday's parliamentary election, solidifying his position in a fractious party and allowing him to ramp up stimulus.
The vote was a test for Kishida, who called the election soon after taking the top post, and for the long-powerful party, which has been hurt by perceptions it mishandled the coronavirus pandemic. Kishida’s publicly stated goal had been for the coalition to keep a majority, at least 233 seats, of the 465 in the lower house — although that was widely seen as a lowball target, given that the Komeito had 29 seats before the election.
The emergence of the Osaka party as a national force may complicate Kishida’s pledge to roll back neoliberal economic policies. The usually splintered opposition was united, with only one party — including the widely shunned Japanese Communist Party — facing off against the coalition in most districts.
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