Japan’s LDP May Lose Majority for First Time Since 2009, Media Forecasts Show
- Polls predict LDP will likely keep power with coalition party
- PM Ishiba set goal of majority with coalition party Komeito
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Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party may lose its outright majority in the lower house of parliament for the first time since 2009 in this month’s election while keeping control of the chamber with the help of its coalition partner, major Japanese media predicted Thursday.
The Mainichi newspaper forecast the LDP to win between 203 and 250 seats in the lower house, the more powerful of the two chambers of parliament, leaving open the possibility that the party will fall short of the 233 seats needed for a majority for the first time since it lost power in a 2009 election.