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Japan’s ruling LDP loses parliamentary majority in snap election

Japan election 2024 news

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, Komeito, have lost their parliamentary majority in a dramatic shift, with opposition parties claiming over half of the seats in the lower house.

Led by Shigeru Ishiba, the newly appointed LDP leader, the coalition fell short of the 233 seats required for a majority, marking the party’s worst electoral outcome in over a decade.

The setback comes as the LDP struggles with low approval ratings, stemming from a series of corruption scandals, including alleged ties to the controversial Unification Church and a political fundraising scandal involving millions of dollars.

Ishiba acknowledged the defeat as a “harsh verdict” from voters.

Amid these political shifts, economic challenges are weighing heavily on Japanese citizens.

Rising prices of essential goods, stagnant wages, and inflation rates not seen in half a century have intensified public frustrations.

Image credit: Jezael Melgoza

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  1. “Rising prices of essential goods, stagnant wages, and inflation rates not seen in half a century…”

    And IMMIGRATION. Don’t forget all the brand new globalist immigration initiatives. There are already terrabytes of clips up on YouTube of people being harassed on trains, of Japanese streets strewn with litter and filth, of muggings and unprovoked beatings. They killed Abe so they could turn Japan into the rest of the “developed” world, but the Japanese people aren’t taking it lightly.

    No one wants to be in this global communist Ponzi scheme anymore.

  2. Well lets hope they didn’t vote for more of the same with different coloured bunting……as we did in NZ…………….

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