Japan: triumph for the Liberal Democrats in government, also in memory of Abe
Japan's conservative coalition government increased its majority in the upper house of parliament in Sunday's elections, two days after the assassination of long-time prominent politician Shinzo Abe.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving modern leader, was killed Friday during an election campaign speech in the western city of Nara, in a murder that shocked a country where political violence and gun crime are rare. Read everything
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), of which Abe remained an influential leader until his death, and his younger partner Komeito won 76 of the 125 disputed seats in the House, up from 69 previously, according to an exit poll. of the public broadcaster NHK picked up by Reuters. In reality, reading the final data, it was above all Ishin who won, while the Liberal Democrats remained almost unchanged
The LDP won 63 seats, compared to the previous 55, winning the majority of the disputed seats, but not enough to obtain an absolute majority, so it will have to continue to govern in alliance with Ishin. the opposition paid for the extreme political split between a left with few alternatives and a radical right.
Elections for the least powerful upper house of parliament are typically a referendum on the current government. The change of government was not at stake, which is decided by the lower house, but a confirmation of current policies, even in the midst of the energy crisis that is hitting Japan and which prompted Prime Minister Kishida to request collective energy saving measures. However, an important result that confirms the ruling party, even in the shadow of the memory of Shinzo Abe.
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