Elections 2021 and 2022

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Former Japanese Prime Mininster Shinzo Abe assassinated

A lot of media outlets are suggesting that the assassination of Shinzo Abe led to a lot of sympathy votes for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won big in yesterday’s House of Councillors election. The LDP picked up 8 (out of 245) seats to win half of all the seats in the Upper House on their own, while their longtime coalitions partners Komeito* lost one seat and the Japan Innovation Party* picked up six seats. These three parties combined now have enough seats to change the Constitution of …