Japan s ruling party loses 3 key elections in blow to Suga
MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga takes off his face mask before speaking to reporters at his office in Tokyo Monday, April 26, 2021. His ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday lost all three parliamentary by-elections, a blow to Suga’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year. Suga said Monday he seriously takes the results seen to reflect voter discontent with his government s coronavirus handling as well as scandals involving his party. (Yuta Omori/Kyodo News via AP)Yuta Omori/AP
TOKYO (AP) Japan’s ruling party lost all three parliamentary by-elections held Sunday, loosening Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year.
Mari Yamaguchi April 25, 2021 - 9:57 PM
TOKYO - Japanâs ruling party lost all three parliamentary byelections held Sunday, loosening Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugaâs grip on power ahead of national elections later this year.
Suga said he takes seriously the results that are seen as reflecting voter discontent with his government s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as well as scandals involving his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
âI humbly accept the election results as the judgement by the people,â Suga told reporters Monday. (asterisk)We will further examine the results and correct what needs to be corrected.
The votes to fill vacant seats â one in the lower, more powerful, house and two in the the upper house â were the first significant elections since Suga took office in mid-September. Two of the seats were left by ruling party lawmakers who resigned over money-for-favours scandals, and the third had been held by
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Japan s ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost all three parliamentary seats in by-elections on Sunday after politicians had resigned in response to allegations of bribery and vote-buying. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
Japan s ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost all three parliamentary seats in by-elections on Sunday after politicians had resigned in response to allegations of bribery and vote-buying. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
Almost no pedestrians are seen walking in Dotonbori shopping quarters in Osaka, Japan, on Sunday as Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures entered a new state of emergency for COVID-19. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
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Japan’s ruling party lost all three parliamentary by-elections held on April 25, loosening Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year.
Suga said he takes seriously the results, which are seen as reflecting voter discontent with his government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as well as scandals involving his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
“I humbly accept the election results as the judgement by the people,” Suga told reporters Monday. “We will further examine the results and correct what needs to be corrected.”
The votes to fill vacant seats one in the lower, more powerful, house and two in the upper house were the first significant elections since Suga took office in mid-September. Two of the seats were left by ruling party lawmakers who resigned over money-for-favors scandals, and the third had been held by a main opposition lawmaker who died of COVID-19.
Japanese opposition parties won all three by-elections for parliamentary seats in a blow for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who must hold a general election within six months.
The by-elections held on Sunday were the first of their kind for Suga since he became prime minister in September last year.
Two of the races one in the northern island of Hokkaido and another in Hiroshima were to replace ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers who stepped down over graft charges. The LDP did not field a candidate in the Hokkaido election.
The opposition also won a third election in the