Japanese Prime Minister Shiger Ishib’s fate hangs in balance because his coalition loses the majority in the upper chamber. The debacle comes after Ishib’s coalition lost control of the stronger lower house in October.
For the first time, this will mean in the 70 -year history of LDP that it leads a coalition that does not check any house.
The vote opened on Sunday in Japan, where half of the seats in the upper house of parliament were attacked in the first national elections since the last year was taken by the Office of Ishib. The elections saw 125 chairs in the upper house 248 seat.
The ruling coalition has 75 indisputable seats. It had to get to 125 to keep control of the chamber. NHK public broadcasting projects are unlikely to achieve significant profits.
Ishiba said he “solemnly” accepted a “hard result”. Asked if he intends to stay as prime minister and party leader, he said, “That’s true.”
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(Tagstotranslate) PM Shiger Ishiba (T) Japanese choices
