Japan’s ruling party braces for a blow in parliamentary elections
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’ s conservative ruling party braced for a blow to its majority in the lower house of parliament in Sunday’s elections as a result of public rage over financial scandals and discontent over a stagnant economy,
“The results so far have been extremely severe, and we take them very seriously,” Ishiba told NHK. “I believe the voters are telling us to reflect more and become a party that lives up to their expectations.” A total of 1,344 candidates, including a record 314 women, are running for office. Early results are expected within hours.
Once a popular politician known for criticism of even his own party’s policies, Ishiba has also seen support for his weeks-old Cabinet plunge. At a downtown Tokyo polling station early Sunday, a number of voters said they had considered the corruption scandal and economic measures in deciding how to vote. But analysts say Ishiba’s LDP was expected to remain the top party in Japan’s parliament as voters are skeptical about the opposition’s ability and inexperience.
His popularity fell because of “the gap in what the public expected him to be as prime minister versus the reality of what he brought as prime minister,” said Rintaro Nishimura, a political analyst at The Asia Group.
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