Preliminary results show the LDP-Komeito coalition will fall short of the 233 seats needed for a majority in the Lower House.
to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party in a general election on Oct 27, with results reflecting a hung Parliament.
According to a tally by public broadcaster NHK as at 1.30am , the LDP had secured 184 seats and Komeito, 22, for a total of 206 seats. “It’s a very tough situation, and we are being judged extremely harshly,” he said. “Across the country, the debate focused on the scandal rather than on key policy issues of diplomacy, national security and social security.”
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi is Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba’s main rival in the LDP leadership elections. PHOTO: REUTERS Nippon Ishin leader Nobuyuki Baba said on Oct 27 that he was “not thinking at all” about working with the LDP. DPFP leader Yuichiro Tamaki, meanwhile, said the party “might” cooperate with the LDP, but only on an issue-by-issue basis.
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