Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Liberal Democratic Party, coalition partner Komeito expected to win between 239 to 288 seats in the 465-member lower house
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing coalition is expected to keep a majority in a parliamentary election Sunday but will lose some seats in a setback for his weeks-old government grappling with a coronavirus-battered economy and regional security challenges, according to exit polls.
Exit polls were more or less in line with media predictions. Whether Kishida’s party alone can maintain a majority, and how many seats it will lose from 276 before the election, was still unclear. Official results were expected by early Monday. Opposition leaders complain that recent LDP governments have widened the gap between rich and poor, did not support the economy during the pandemic and stalled gender equality and diversity initiatives. Japan this year ranked 120th in the World Economic Forum’s 156-nation gender-gap ranking.
Kishida, in his final speech Saturday in Tokyo, promised to spur growth and “distribute its fruit” to the people as income. “It’s for you to decide who can responsibly do so.” Voters, including young couples with small children, started arriving at polling stations in downtown Tokyo early in the morning.
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