lower house election

Ishiba’s coalition loses majority in Japan’s lower house election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition will lose its majority in the 465-seat lower house following Sunday’s parliamentary election, according to NHK public television. The outcome reveals voter anger over the governing party’s financial scandals. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito are set to lose their majority of 233 seats in the lower house,…