JAPAN’S Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to win a majority in the House of Representatives after Sunday’s election, according to Kyodo News exit polls, clearing the way for her to stay on. The LDP, which has formed a coalition with the Japan Innovation Party, is poised to win at least 233 seats in the 465-member lower house, up from the 198 it had before the contest, according to the polls.
The ruling camp is projected to secure 261 seats in the powerful chamber, clearing a key hurdle to pursue its legislative agenda. The main opposition party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, formed in January by uniting lower house members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party, is set to lose a significant number of seats, the polls showed. Polling stations across the nation closed at 8 pm, with snowfall in wide areas, including Tokyo, feared to have affected voter turnout. Takaichi, who has maintained high popularity since becoming Japan’s first female prime minister last October, has pledged to “immediately resign” as Japan’s leader if the coalition fails to secure a majority in the powerful lower chamber.
Kyodo
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