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Nikkei Asia
17 hours ago
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
LDP widens lead heading into Japan's upper house race
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on June 28. (Photo by Naoya Takahashi) RUKA SHINOZAKI, NAOYA TAKAHASHI and KOUTA OHYAMA TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party may be gaining traction about three weeks before the July 20 upper house election, with those planning to vote for the LDP increasing 3 percentage points on the month to 29% in a new Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll. The Constitutional Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People each held steady at 12%. They were followed by the right-leaning Sanseito, whose support rose to 7% from 3%, and the Japan Innovation Party, whose support fell to 6% from 7%.
Nikkei Asia
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
LDP builds momentum heading into Japan's upper house race
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on June 28. (Photo by Naoya Takahashi) RUKA SHINOZAKI, NAOYA TAKAHASHI and KOUTA OHYAMA TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party is gaining traction as the July 20 upper house election nears, with those planning to vote for the LDP increasing 3 percentage points on the month to 29% in a new Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll. The Constitutional Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People each held steady at 12%. They were followed by the right-leaning Sanseito party, whose support rose to 7% from 3%, and the the Japan Innovation Party, whose support fell to 6% from 7%.
