Japan’s Ruling Coalition Wins Tokyo Election Ahead of July Poll
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Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner won nearly two thirds of the seats in a weekend Tokyo assembly poll, boding well for the party’s prospects in a national upper house election in July.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s LDP took 59 seats and ally New Komeito secured 23 seats of the 127 up for grabs in the assembly, according to the Nikkei newspaper. The LDP became the largest single party, replacing the Democratic Party of Japan, which won 15 seats, down from the 43 it held going into the election.