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JAPAN: PM Ishiba Secures Re-Election, But Minority Admin Leaves Gov't Vulnerable

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba secured re-election as Japan's prime minister earlier on 11 November in a special session of the National Diet (the two chambers of Japan's parliament). For the first time in three decades, the vote went to a run-off after no PM candidate received an overall majority in the first round where an overall majority was required. Ishiba beat centre-left Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) leader Yoshihiko Noda by 221 votes to 160, with 84 votes deemed invalid (due to refusal to back either runoff candidate). 

  • Ishiba has indicated his intention to govern at the head of a minority gov't comprised of his conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its long-time ally the Komeito party. Together, these two hold 221 seats in the 465-member House of Representatives. As such, the gov't will rely on the support of smaller parties on a vote-by-vote basis.
  • The centrist Democratic Party for the People (DPP), which came in fourth place in the election, has been courted by both the LDP and CDP. A scandal surrounding DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki does not appear to have dealt him a fatal blow among party colleagues. As such, he sits in a powerful position in being one of the key determinants of whether the gov't will be able to enact its policy agenda.
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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba secured re-election as Japan's prime minister earlier on 11 November in a special session of the National Diet (the two chambers of Japan's parliament). For the first time in three decades, the vote went to a run-off after no PM candidate received an overall majority in the first round where an overall majority was required. Ishiba beat centre-left Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) leader Yoshihiko Noda by 221 votes to 160, with 84 votes deemed invalid (due to refusal to back either runoff candidate). 

  • Ishiba has indicated his intention to govern at the head of a minority gov't comprised of his conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its long-time ally the Komeito party. Together, these two hold 221 seats in the 465-member House of Representatives. As such, the gov't will rely on the support of smaller parties on a vote-by-vote basis.
  • The centrist Democratic Party for the People (DPP), which came in fourth place in the election, has been courted by both the LDP and CDP. A scandal surrounding DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki does not appear to have dealt him a fatal blow among party colleagues. As such, he sits in a powerful position in being one of the key determinants of whether the gov't will be able to enact its policy agenda.