For the first time in 12 years in the Lower House
For the first time since 2012 in Japan, the Liberal Democrats (LDP) at the head of the government coalition lose their majority in the Lower House, decreeing a solemn setback for the newly elected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the party for just a month conservative who has governed the Land of the Rising Sun almost continuously from the post-war period to today. A few minutes after the closing of the polls, based on the first exit polls, out of 465 seats contested in the parliamentary elections, the LDP will not be able to confirm the 256 seats it held before the dissolution of the Chambers.
