The future of Japanese Prime Minister Shiger Ishiba was unclear on Monday after his coalition lost most of the upper chamber in Sunday elections, which recorded strong profits of the right -wing populist party.
It will be the first time in the 70 -year history of LDP that it leads a coalition that does not check or no house, the Japanese media NHK reported. Yet PM Ishiba indicated that he intends to remain in his role.
Here’s all you need to know about Japan’s election elections:
Who will win the Japanese elections?
Up to 248 members of the upper house are elected for the six -year period. The elections take place every three years, with half of the seats for catching.
This time there are 124 seats plus one extra to fill the free space, the Japanese media NHK reported. He stated that 75 seats would be decided on the basis of election districts. The remaining 50 seats will be occupied by people elected through proportional representation from all over Japan.
The ruling coalition needs a total of 125 seats for most. They already have 75 indisputable chairs, but the NHK projections suggest that for the liberal democratic party (LDP) and Komeito it can be difficult to get another 50 necessary 50.
How do the numbers accumulate for political parties?
The cards are stacked against PM Ishiba, with all the main opposition parties excluded to join the liberal democratic party and its partner Komeito in the extended coalition.
According to Ishib’s LDP and Komeito coalition partner, he returned 47 seats, from the short 50 seats that needed most of the 248-Sedading upper chamber in the elections. The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party finished second with 22 seats.
If the ruling block could not get a majority, it would be the first time in the 70 -year history of LDP to keep the party a coalition that does not control any house of the diet.
One of the biggest winners is …
Fringe The far -right side of Sanseito appeared on Sunday as one of the largest winners in the Japanese upper chamber. However, they will not connect yet.
The party gained 14 seats, up from one chair, giving it a significant presence in the upper house. It has only three seats in a stronger lower house.
“Sanseito has become talked about the city, and especially here in America, because of the whole populist and anti-border sentiment. It is more of the LDP and Ishiba weakness than anything else,” said Joshua Walker, head of the American non-profit Japanese society.
Meanwhile, the leader of the opposition Sanseito party Kamiya Sohei said in an interview that he was not planning to join the ruling coalition at this point. He expressed concern that Sanseit’s small size was to be crushed if he became part of the ruling block.
The party broke into mainstream policy with the “Japanese first” campaign. He gained support with a warning of a “silent invasion” of immigrants and committed to reducing taxes and social security expenses.
He was born on YouTube in 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the spread of conspiracy theories about vaccination and global elites, Reuters reported.
What does the result of elections in Japan mean?
While the ballot does not directly determine whether the Ishib’s minority government is falling, the pressure on the leader of the concealed leader, who also lost control of the stronger lower lower period in October.
This comes at the peak of his worst performance in 15 years in the election elections in the Lower House, a vote that left Ishib’s administration vulnerable to proposals without confidence and call from his own party to change leadership.
The result further weakens the position of Ishiba just before the country has to negotiate an agreement with Trump administration to avert the imposition of tariffs on its largest export market.
Who will replace PM Ishiba?
As for Ishiba, it was not clear who could act as 11 since 2000. Prime Minister LDP when the government needs opposition support in both chambers.
“Ishiba may be replaced by someone else, but it is not clear who will be the successor,” said France-Presse Hidehiro Yamamoto, politics and sociology policy at the University of Tsukuba.
‘Rough result’
Ishiba said late on Sunday evening after the closure of public opinion polls and said the NHK that “solemnly” accepted “hard result”.
“We are involved in extremely critical negotiations on the United States tariff … We must never be destroyed. It is natural to only devote our complete determination and energy to realize our national interests,” TV Tokyo later said.
His statement came when Japan, the fourth largest economy in the world, faces the deadline of August 1 to conclude a business agreement with the US or to face tariffs on its largest export market.
Asked if he intends to stay as prime minister and party leader, he said, “Right. It’s a difficult situation and we have to take it very humbly and seriously.”
(With the entry from agencies)
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