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このページを 日本語 で読む On the morning of November 11, the first Shigeru Ishiba Cabinet formally resigned during an extraordinary cabinet meeting. The 215th special session of the House of Representatives convenes on November 11. In the afternoon, Ishiba, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is expected to be elected Japan’s 103rd Prime Minister after a […]
Between November 2 and 3, the Sankei Shimbun and Fuji News Network (FNN) conducted a joint public opinion poll. The results show the approval rating of the Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Cabinet has dropped sharply to 43.8%. This represents a notable 9.5-point decline from the 53.3% recorded in the previous survey. Sankei and FNN conducted […]
Japan’s snap election on October 27 did not induce much excitement in voters. The turnout rate – 53.85 percent – was the third lowest since 1945. The low energy campaign meant that the ruling Liberal Democratic (LDP) had an advantage, given the tendency of their base to turn out even in scantily attended elections. In […]
Japan’s electorate spoke in the nation’s 50th general election on Sunday, October 27, and the results are surely not to the ruling parties’ liking. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had called the vote as a referendum on his administration’s credibility. He had also defined victory as a majority for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and […]