The ruling Liberal Democratic Party won four of the five Diet by-elections on April 23, but rising opposition party Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) clinched the fifth for its first seat in Wakayama Prefecture.
Ginza hostess Aki Shirasaka, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party newcomer, secured an Upper House seat in Oita Prefecture on April 23, edging past the only other candidate supported by opposition parties by a mere 341 votes.
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party won four of five seats in Sunday elections while Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dismissed rumors that he would dissolve the Lower House and call for a snap election.
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…