Japan Ruling Parties Set for Upper House Victory, Poll Shows
- Rising prices top voters’ concerns ahead of election
- Convincing win could keep Kishida in power for several years
Fumio Kishida
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Japan’s ruling coalition parties are set to win a majority in a July 10 election for the upper house of parliament, with the main opposition party failing to pick up support from voters worried about rising prices, a major poll showed.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner Komeito are together likely to secure 65-80 of the 125 seats up for grabs, the Yomiuri newspaper said, citing a national poll of about 61,000 people conducted from Friday through Sunday in cooperation with the Nikkei newspaper. The figure is above the 56 seats local media said they would need to win to keep their majority.