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This was the first general election in Japan since 1955 wherein no party secured at least 200 seats. The Democratic Party for the People (DPP) won 28 seats, surpassing Komeito to become the fourth-largest party in the chamber. The DPP emerged as a key player in the aftermath of the election as the LDP sought to negotiate their cooperation on a ...
The election gained international attention due to the large amount of joke parties and perennial candidates participating, [48] which included 96-year-old inventor Yoshiro Nakamatsu, internet comedian 'AI Mayor', Yusuke Kawai, the self-proclaimed "Joker of Japan" who gained controversy for putting explicit campaign posters with a fully nude ...
The Japanese political process has two types of elections.. National elections (国政選挙, kokusei senkyo); Subnational/local elections (地方選挙, chihō senkyo); While the national level features a parliamentary system of government where the head of government is elected indirectly by the legislature, prefectures and municipalities employ a presidential system where chief executives ...
Japan heads to the polls on Sunday for one of the most uncertain elections in its recent history, where low turnout is expected to be a key factor despite the result having considerable ...
Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba called the snap election to try and secure a strong mandate from the public after a damaging corruption scandal – but Monday morning’s results have done the opposite
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a drubbing at Sunday's national election, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the next government and the outlook ...
29.01 104 +47 Ishin 11.15 23 +7 JCP 6.81 1 0 DPP 4.33 11 +5 Komeito 1.35 4 −5 Social Democratic 0.52 1 0 CPJ 0.29 1 New Independents 4.67 12 0 This lists parties that won seats.
He described his campaign as the "culmination of my 38 year political career". [101] His fifth LDP presidential campaign, Ishiba said it would be his "last". [102] [103] At the event, he questioned whether the party should endorse candidates who received kickbacks at the next general election. [104] A press conference was expected the following ...