{"id":119303,"date":"2024-10-28T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119303"},"modified":"2024-10-28T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T05:00:45","slug":"japan-election-voters-have-issued-severe-judgment-pm-says-after-ruling-coalition-loses-majority-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119303","title":{"rendered":"Japan election: voters have issued \u2018severe judgment\u2019, PM says after ruling coalition loses majority | Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Japan\u2019s political future was shrouded in uncertainty on Monday after voters punished the ruling coalition over rising prices and a funding scandal, paving the way for days of wrangling as party leaders try to form a government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Liberal Democratic party (LDP) and its longtime junior coalition partner Komeito failed to secure a majority in the lower house on a bruising night in which the main opposition Constitutional Democratic party (CDP) made significant gains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The result \u2013 which left no single party with a clear mandate \u2013 is the LDP\u2019s worst performance since 2009, when it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/aug\/30\/dpj-wins-japan-election\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">cast into the wilderness<\/a> for three years before mounting a comeback under the leadership of Shinzo Abe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A chastened prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/sep\/27\/who-is-new-japan-prime-minister-shigeru-ishiba\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Shigeru Ishiba<\/a>, who was due to give an address on Monday afternoon, said voters had issued a \u201csevere judgment\u201d against the LDP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">They had \u201cexpressed their strong desire for the LDP to do some reflection and become a party that acts in line with the people\u2019s will\u201d, he told the public broadcaster NHK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Uncertainty over whether the coalition can reach a deal with a third party and secure a working majority sent the yen to a three-month low against the dollar on Monday as investors braced for a period of political and economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The LDP and Komeito won a combined 215 seats, down from 279 and well below the 233 they needed to retain their majority. Two cabinet members lost their seats, as did several other candidates implicated in a slush fund scandal that has battered the LDP\u2019s approval ratings in recent months. The biggest winner was the CDP with 148 seats, up from 98.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Having seen his snap election gamble fail spectacularly Ishiba must now attempt to cobble together a three-party coalition that could include MPs from the centre-right Democratic party for the People or the populist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/01\/japan-election-rightwing-populists-sweep-vote-in-osaka\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Japan Innovation party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Few analysts expect the opposition parties, which range from conservatives to communists, to unite to form an alternative coalition given their policy differences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">But the CDP\u2019s leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/yoshihiko-noda\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Yoshihiko Noda<\/a>, said the result was proof that the LDP-Komeito coalition could not continue. \u201cThis is not the end, but the beginning,\u201d Noda told a press conference, adding that his party would work with other opposition parties to aim for a change of government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Under Japan\u2019s constitution, the parties now have 30 days to put together a coalition, but pressure is expected to mount on senior politicians to act quickly. The gridlock comes as a time of uncertainty for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/japan\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Japan<\/a>\u2019s economy, growing concern over China and North Korea, and just days before the U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">There will be questions, too, about the decision by Ishiba, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/sep\/27\/japan-shigeru-ishiba-prime-minister-liberal-democratic-party\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">became prime minister<\/a> only a month ago, to call an early election while his party was embroiled in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/apr\/28\/anger-at-party-funding-scandal-in-japan-threatens-to-bring-down-pm-kishida\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">major funding scandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWhether or not Ishiba resigns as LDP leader today, it seems unlikely that he will survive to lead a new government as prime minister \u2026 although it is possible he could stay on as caretaker,\u201d said Tobias Harris, founder of the political risk advisory firm Japan Foresight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Masakazu Tokura, the chair of Japan\u2019s most influential business lobby, called for a quick return to political stability for the sake of the economy. \u201cWe strongly hope for policy-oriented politics through the establishment of a stable government centred on the LDP-Komeito coalition,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/28\/japan-election-results-2024-ldp-cdp-ishiba-noda\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s political future was shrouded in uncertainty on Monday after voters punished the ruling coalition over rising prices and a funding scandal, paving the way for days of wrangling as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119303\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}