Rising opposition party Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) snagged more than a fifth of ruling party supporters’ votes to secure a narrow victory in the Lower House by-election in Wakayama, according to exit polls by The Asahi Shimbun.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, secured four of the five Diet seats up for grabs in by-elections on Sunday, boding well for him amid speculation that he might dissolve the lower house in the near future. The LDP won the Yamaguchi Nos. 2 and…
Official campaigning for four lower house by-elections starts across Japan, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won a number of key gubernatorial races over the weekend.
Official campaigning for an upper house by-election in the southwestern prefecture of Oita begins, one of several electoral tests facing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida later this month as he tries to address the unpopularity of his government.