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Results mean coalition of recently installed PM has supermajority in lower house of parliament

Japan’s conservative governing coalition has dramatically strengthened its grip on power after a landslide victory in Sunday’s elections in what will be seen as an early public endorsement of the new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.

Her Liberal Democratic party (LDP) had won 316 seats by early Monday, comfortably surpassing the 261 it needed for an absolute majority in the 465-member lower house and the highest number since the party was founded in 1955. With her coalition partner, the Japan Innovation party, which won 36 seats, Takaichi now has a supermajority of two-thirds of seats, easing her legislative agenda as she can override the upper chamber, which she does not control.

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[–] TheLunatickle@lemmy.zip 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh joy more conservative governments, because it's going so well everywhere else!

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"the right-wing has ruined everything! clearly the only solution is to go FURTHER RIGHT!"

-most ppl

[–] TheLunatickle@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Maybe the solution to all these problems, caused by fear and hate, is MORE fear and hate!" Humanity apparently.

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 2 points 4 days ago

me on my deathbed: "i just wish i hated more ppl, ya know?"

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Sad...name one country that ever got better with a Conservative government.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Cue a bunch of idiots citing examples of conservative countries that improved only when liberal leaders took over.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] flyby@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago

I believe Singapore is liberal authoritarian, many of the original policies are progressive even to this day

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yet another step towards the self-annihilation of Japan.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Japan is so xenophobic they are literally dying off.

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 4 points 5 days ago

it's so obviously unsustainable, i have no idea what they are thinking

[–] 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@piefed.zip 1 points 5 days ago

I think the low birth rate has more to do with the government and society not supporting child raising enough, so people hesitate to have children because of costs and damage to their careers.