TOKYO, Oct 31 — Polls opened in Japan’s general election today with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hoping to win over a pandemic-fatigued public with spending promises as his long-ruling conservatives seek a fresh start. Kishida became leader of the Liberal Democratic Party a month ago after...
TOKYO, Oct 31 — Polls opened in Japan’s general election today with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hoping to win over a pandemic-fatigued public with spending promises as his long-ruling conservatives seek a fresh start.
While this may ease some voters’ frustrations, the LDP — which has held power almost continuously since the 1950s — is likely to lose seats and may have trouble retaining its commanding majority, analysts say. But Japan’s 106 million voters have “struggled to get excited about the new prime minister”, said Stefan Angrick, a senior economist at Moody’s Analytics.
“The electoral system is tilted in their favour,” he said, as the party boasts a strong network of supporters nationwide. However, such a result would be seen as a setback for the LDP, which previously held 276 seats on its own. Since World War II, only five politicians have hung on to the prime minister’s office for five years or longer, with some lasting just two months.
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