Conditions the public has been encouraged to vote early and i have already about fifteen percent have been to the polls before the official election day firstly its protectionist that this election may see a higher voter turnout by mid afternoon heavy rain city in which flooding in some areas organize as predicted the lowest voter turnout for the third consecutive lower house elections. Are basic you is a two thirds majority that will deliver him the mandate to reform the pacifist constitution and allow japans forces to play a more active role the issue has divided Voter Opinion on the moment i support a constitutional change i want him to go right ahead with it and. I hope there wont be any wars because i have a baby although things are very different from the past im still worried. At a time of regional uncertainty and escalating tensions with north korea opinion polls indicate voters choosing stability this time around. And his ruling party a third term in power sarah clarke aljazee
Hello im adrian from again this is the news hour live from aljazeera headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a successful gamble as exit polls indicate a clear victory. In japans snap election. U. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in saudi arabia in a second bid to end the gulf crisis without high hopes of a breakthrough. Its obvious rich northern regions feel short changed by the governments economic policies and now theyre fighting back. For the Houston Astros have booked their tickets to l. A. They beat the new york to reach their first world series in two thousand and five for their face the dodgers begin. So we begin this news in japan where exit polls suggest the Prime Minister shinzo ruling bloc is headed for a big when voters braved a typhoon to cast their ballots in the polls are they called it a year earlier than expected and was asking for a clear mandrake mandate as the country faces challenges from an aging population and a sluggish economy at home an
Because there was a larger issue in which i think its becoming more like the context for the gulf crisis and that the issue of containing iran and more specifically the future relations between iraq and saudi arabia and that was the focus of secretary televisions visit to the region its not obligatory yard because its very important following the trump speech against iran on the occasion of a certification or decide to pick a sheen of the nuclear deal that the United States doesnt follow up in the region in order to create the kind of alliances and coalitions both in the middle east in europe and internationally against iran and for that the main corner store in issue here was a new relationship or a renewed relationship between baghdad and riyadh so for secretary teller certain to contain iran and to fight terrorism you need to improve relations between Prime Minister our buddy who will be up for rerun in may twelfth two thousand and eighteen and saudi arabia as well as resolving the
Hello everyone ive. Come to this news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes it is not for the u. S. To impose a natural they want. The u. S. Secretary of state calls on g. C. C. Countries to find a solution to the gulf crisis but warns theyre not ready to talk yet. They relax its now the japanese Prime Minister ways to say he has sufficient support to reform the pacifist constitution. The World Health Organization backtracks on its appointment as the ball boys president Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. And hero or tyrant a fresh examination of the legacy of the french leader the podium. In sport Lewis Hamilton moves with insights of a force f one world title hamilton winning the us with his championship rival Sebastian Vettel finishing second. U. S. Secretary of state. Talks to resolve the gulf crisis remain unlikely after missing the cattery foreign minister in doha he called on Gulf Cooperation Council countries to minimize the rhetoric and deescalate the t
Secretary of state calls on g. C. C. Countries to find a solution to the gulf crisis but warns theyre not yet ready to talk. Out of again ive had a steep bar and this is the al jazeera live from london also coming up. Reelected its now the japanese Prime Minister ways to see if he has sufficient support to reform the pacifist constitution. The World Health Organization by tracks on its appointment of Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. And exclusive look inside the desert airbase that some u. S. Personnel say is the most important military facility in the world. And our u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says talks to resolve the gulf crisis remain on likely. Cattery foreign minister in doha he called on Gulf Cooperation Council countries to minimize the rhetoric and deescalate the tensions to listen flew from saudi arabia thats where he had talks with the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin sound he also met the iraqi Prime Minister on a body and says he wants