Tokyo legislative elections raise more questions than they answer

Posted on by Tobias S. Harris
key takeaways
  • The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a significant setback in Tokyo metropolitan assembly elections on Sunday, 22 June, winning its smallest seat total ever in the legislature, though with Governor Koike Yuriko’s Tokyoites First Party becoming the largest party her de facto coalition with the LDP and Kōmeitō remains in control.
  • Despite speculation that the Tokyo elections would be a leading indicator for the upper house elections, confounding factors suggest that Sunday’s losses may not presage a defeat for the ruling coalition in July.
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