Ruling party in Japan wins majority in Congress

Tokyo The government coalition of Japan will maintain power even losing several seats in Parliament, according to the forecasts of local media after the closure of the electoral centers in the legislative held yesterday, considered a litmus test for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

I think we have gained valuable confidence “from the voters, Kishida told the press yesterday, trying to get his chest out of the results.

Public broadcaster NHK noted that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its minority coalition partner, Komeito, would win about 261 of the 465 seats in the Lower House, which will give them the majority of the House, although it is lower than the 305 they won. in the past elections.

Kishida, 64, became party leader a month ago after Yoshihide Suga resigned just a year after taking office, due to public discontent over his handling of the covid-19 crisis.

Cases have dropped considerably from a record wave that forced the Tokyo Olympics to be held behind closed doors, but voters in the capital said the pandemic was a major factor in their decision.

The economy is suffering from the coronavirus, so I compared the responses of the politicians, “said Chihiro Sato, 38, a homemaker and mother of a young child.

Instead, engineer Hiroyasu Onishi, 79, confessed that he was more concerned about “the military threat from China.”

Kishida, 64, offered a large stimulus package to counter the impact of the pandemic on the world’s third-largest economy.