Tobias Harris

Jan 25, 2025 | observingjapan.substack.com | Tobias Harris

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Nov 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | Tobias Harris

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru looked crestfallen as election returns came in on Oct. 27, showing that his Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP, and its coalition partner Komeito would fail to secure an absolute majority in the lower house of the Diet, the Japanese parliament. The LDP has dominated Japanese politics for all but four years in the postwar period, and it has led the government since returning to power after three of those years in opposition in 2012.

Nov 4, 2024 | worldpoliticsreview.com | Tobias Harris

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru looked crestfallen as election returns came in on Oct. 27, showing that his Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP, and its coalition partner Komeito would fail to secure an absolute majority in the lower house of the Diet, the Japanese parliament. The LDP has dominated Japanese politics for all but four years in the postwar period, and it has led the government since returning to power after three of those years in opposition in 2012.

Oct 27, 2024 | observingjapan.substack.com | Tobias Harris

Thank you for reading Observing Japan. This post is available to all readers. You can find an earlier post on election returns here. You can follow the very lively chat among Observing Japan readers here. At approximately 12:30am JST, NHK posted a breaking news alert. The LDP and Kōmeitō would not achieve their “victory line” of 233 seats, a simple majority in the House of Representatives. The result is that the Japanese political system is indeed entering a new and uncertain period.

Oct 9, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Tobias Harris

Politics Military Elections Japan No moment reveals new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s character better than his decision to challenge Shinzo Abe for the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in 2018.