Exit polls show ruling party will lose majority

The exit polls for major elections in Japan’s project will lose a majority, putting the country’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba under tremendous political pressure.

Earlier Sunday, voters headed to the polls to participate in a rigorous election, frustrated by the public amid the frustration of rising prices and the threat of U.S. tariffs.

Earlier polls showed that Isbon’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito were at risk of losing a majority, who had already lost a majority in Japan’s stronger House of Commons.

The league needs 50 seats to retain control of the upper room of 248 seats – public broadcaster NHK’s exit poll expects them to win 32 to 51.

NHK predicts that “the dominant coalition may be difficult to maintain its majority”.

Half of the seats in the House of Lords were voted in Sunday’s general election, with members elected for six years.

If the league brings home less than 46 seats, it will mark its worst performance since its inception in 1999.

Ishiba’s centre-right party has almost been dominating Japan since 1955, although leaders have changed frequently.

The expected results underline voters’ frustration with Ishiba, who has been working to inspire confidence as Japan struggles with economic headwinds, a crisis of cost of living and trade negotiations with the United States.

Many are also upset about inflation (especially the price of rice) and a series of political scandals that have been struggling in recent years.

The loss of the coalition will seriously undermine its impact on decision-making, make its major compromise with the opposition party public and may prompt Ishiba’s election less than a year after it was elected.

The last three Nature Party prime ministers who lost their majority in the House of Lords resigned within two months, analysts predicted that the major losses of the election would yield similar results.

This will open up areas where other prominent Nature Party members, including Sanae Takaichi, lead potentially in leadership, which was second only to Ishiba in last year’s general election. Former Minister of Economic Security Takayuki Kobayashi; Shinjiro Koizumi, son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

In any case, changes in leadership within the ruling party will almost certainly unleash the political drama and understate the Japanese government at a critical moment in the U.S.-Japan trade negotiations.

Support for the ruling coalition seems to have been eroded by candidates from the small, right-leaning Sancito party, whose party’s “Japanese first”, anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Sanseito first gained prominence on YouTube during the 19th pandemic, spreading conspiracy theories about vaccination and global elite groups.

The essentialist rhetoric of the Fringe Party expanded the appeal ahead of Sunday’s vote as policies on foreign residents and immigration became the focus of many party movements.

The purpose of winning seven seats from the NHK exit poll is.

The island nation is known for its isolated culture and strict immigration policies, with tourists and foreign residents setting record-breaking people in recent years.

The influx further boosted the price of Japanese and inspired some foreigners to take advantage of the country, which exacerbated dissatisfaction.

Against the same background, Ishiba set up a working group last week to address “crime or nuisance committed by some foreign nationals,” including those related to immigration, land acquisition and unpaid social insurance.