Less than a month from those for the renewal of the Senate
Not very consoling news for the Japanese Premier Party Shigeru Ishiba, who suffers another electoral blow in view of the vote for the renewal of the Senate in July. In the municipal elections of Tokyo I liberal-democrats (LDP) at the helm of the executive descend to historical lows, ensuring just 22 seats, from the previous 30. To weigh on the result, the aftermath of the scandals on the financing to the party that had made the majority lose in the lower chamber, and the poor success to contain the rise in prices. The party Tomin First No Kai, founded by the Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, who manages to conquer the majority with 32 of the 127 seats available at the assembly, thanks to the expansion of policies to encourage the birth rate in the capital, while the main parties in the opposition, the democratic constitutional party and the Democratic Party of the people have obtained 17 and 9 seats. According to the electoral commission 1.73 million residents went to the polls, an increase of about 300,000 people compared to the previous return with a turnout of 42.5%.
