Worrying results: The elections were considered a major litmus test for Suga, who must call national polls before the Oct 21 end of the four-year term for the lower house. Reuters
TOKYO: Japan’s ruling party lost all three parliamentary by-elections held recently, loosening Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year.
Suga said he took 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.
“I humbly accept the election results as the judgement by the people, ” Suga told reporters yesterday.
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)
TOKYO – Japan’s ruling party lost all three parliamentary byelections held Sunday, loosening Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year.
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Tokyo, Apr 26 (efe-epa).- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s party has suffered a painful defeat in the first parliamentary elections held during his term, in which it failed to win any of the three seats up for grabs.
The elections held in Hiroshima, Nagano and Hokkaido on Sunday were the first since Suga became head of government and were the first glimpse into public assessment of his management so far.
The candidates backed by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) won all three seats in a result also considered a barometer for the general election to be held towards the end of the year, and which mark a severe blow for Suga’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
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