PM Shigeru Ishiba pledges to stay despite the bruising exit survey star-news.press/wp

Japanese Prime Minister Shigro Eshiba said he has no plans to resign, despite expectations, his ruling alliance will lose his majority in the country’s parliament.

Voters went to the polls on Sunday for the tight elections, which were kept at the time of frustration from the Liberal Democratic Party coalition (LDP) and its novice partner, Komito due to the high prices and the threat of American tariff.

Speaking after the polls were closed on Sunday, the Prime Minister said he was officially “accepting” the “harsh result” but his focus on commercial negotiations.

After already lost its majority in the House of Representatives in Japan last year, the expected defeat will undermine the influence of the alliance.

The coalition needs 50 seats to retain the control of the 248 -seat Alawite room – with a survey of the NHK public broadcaster who exposes them to win between 32 and 51.

On Sunday, NHK expected, “It might be difficult for the ruling coalition to preserve its majority.”

Half of the seats were voted in the upper room in Sunday elections, with members election for six years.

If the coalition occupies less than 46 seats, it will form its worst performance since its formation in 1999.

Jeffrey Hall, the Japanese records of Canada University of International Studies, told BBC News Support for more right -wing parties that have stormed the conservative support base in LDP.

“Prime Minister Ishiba is not conservative enough by many supporters of former Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe,” he said.

“They believe he does not have national views on history, and he does not have strong views against China that was Abe.”

Shinzo Abe was formerly the leader of the liberal Democratic Party and was the tallest prime minister in Japan, who served twice between 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2020.

Mr. Hall said that some of the party’s support has gone towards the Sansito party – which will now say things “that have not been said in public places by the members of the Senate” – with reference to the party party towards “conspiracy theories, anti -devices, (and) very strong views on history.”

Ishiba has ruled in the center in the center almost continuously since 1955, albeit with repeated changes in the leader.

The expected result emphasizes the frustration of voters from Ishiba, who fought to inspire confidence while Japan is struggling against economic opposite winds, the cost crisis and commercial negotiations with the United States.

Many are also not satisfied with inflation – especially the price of rice – and a series of political scandals that have been inciting the liberal Democratic Party in recent years.

The last of the three years of LDP, who lost a majority in the House of Representatives, fell within two months, and analysts expected that a significant loss in these elections would result in a similar result.

This would open this field to possible leadership leadership by other prominent LDP members, including Sanae Takaichi, who ranked second to Ishiba in the leadership elections last year; Takayuki Kobayashi, former Minister of Economic Security; Cengero Koizumi, son of former Prime Minister Junishiro Koizumi.

However, changing leadership within the ruling party is certainly unleashed into political drama and destabilizing the government of Japan at a pivotal moment in the United States and Japan trade negotiations.

The support of the ruling coalition appears to have been eroded by the right -wing Sansito Sansito party, which attracted conservative votes with “First Japanese”, its anti -immigration speech.

For the first time, Sanseito acquired YouTube during the Covid-19s, where it published conspiracy theories about vaccines and a group of global elites.

The National Party’s national discourse expanded its call before Sunday, as policies related to the foreign population and migration became a pivotal point in the campaigns of many parties.

The island’s nation is famous for its isolation culture and strict immigration policies, and has witnessed a record increase in both tourists and foreign population in recent years.

The flow led to an increase in the prices of the Japanese people and nourished a feeling among some that foreigners benefit from the country, which is exacerbated.

At the same background, ISHIIBA launched a work squad last week aimed at addressing “crimes or inconvenience behaviors committed by some foreign citizens”, including those related to immigration, land acquisition and unpaid social insurance.