Japan’s lower house elections have entered a critical phase, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) , led by Shigeru Shigeru, under scrutiny. Several Japanese media reported that the current election situation against the Liberal Democratic Party, Ishiba therefore faced great pressure.
The cabinet’s approval NHK was 41 percent, down 3 percentage points from a survey conducted a week ago, according to a poll released by the National People’s Bank of China (NHK) on Tuesday. The disapproval rating was 35% , up 3 percentage points from a week ago. About how the seats of the ruling party and the opposition should be divided in the House of Representatives election, 18 percent of respondents preferred to increase the seats of the ruling party, and 34 percent preferred to increase the seats of the opposition party, a further 41 per cent said they had not made a decision.
Japan’s Kyodo News Agency poll data show that the cabinet’s support rate of 41.4% , no support rate of 40.4% . In the hope of the election results, 49.7% of the respondents want“The ruling party and the opposition are evenly matched,” 20.5% of the respondents want“The ruling party and the opposition seats to reverse,” 24.8 percent of respondents want“More seats in the ruling party than in the opposition.”. Kyodo news agency said the ruling party’s overall support rate showed a downward trend.
The Asahi Shimbun also used its polling data to predict the results of the lower house election. Reported that the Liberal Democratic Party and its ally Komeito party to maintain the majority of seats (233 seats, a total of 465 seats) the situation is“More delicate”, the liberal democratic party seats are expected to lose about 50 seats, the largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, is likely to increase its seats significantly.
The fact that the LDP was not in a good position put Shigeru under great pressure. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 21st that, “Opposition parties verbally strongly blame the LDP,” Ishiba said in a street speech in Osaka the same day. But what kind of Japan are they trying to portray in terms of economic, foreign and Defense Policy?” Ishiguro added, “This country must not be handed over to those [ the opposition ] .”.
Chen Yang, a visiting researcher at the Center for Japanese Studies at Liaoning University, said Shigeru has broad support among the Japanese public, but current polls suggest, ishiba has failed to translate his personal influence into social support for the LDP. This also reflects the LDP“Political black gold” scandal, “The old Unification Church” scandal on the Japanese people’s profound impact. If the number of seats in the Liberal Democratic Party in the lower house of this election, a significant reduction in Shi’s ruling time will soon enter the countdown.