{"id":50952,"date":"2025-07-20T13:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/japanese-government-facing-setback-in-upper-house-vote\/20\/07\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T13:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T17:20:13","slug":"japanese-government-facing-setback-in-upper-house-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/japanese-government-facing-setback-in-upper-house-vote\/20\/07\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese government facing setback in upper house vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Japan&#8217;s ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba&#8217;s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has suffered another setback in elections to the upper house of parliament, exit polls predicted on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The coalition, which draws in the conservative Komeito as junior partner, faces losing its majority in the upper house, after previously losing its majority in the lower house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The outcome of Sunday&#8217;s vote could put Ishiba&#8217;s minority government under additional pressure and ring in a period of political instability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following the exit polls, Ishiba indicated that he intended to remain in office, despite some opposition forces having rejected the option of entering into coalition with the ruling parties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The premier stressed the need to take responsibility for the current situation. LDP General Secretary Hiroshi Moriyama said a political vacuum had to be avoided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Polls indicate dissatisfaction in the electorate over rising prices and the government&#8217;s immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anti-immigration populists are benefiting, with the openly xenophobic Sanseit\u014d party forecast to pick up seats in the upper house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan led by former prime minister Yoshihiko Noda, could also gain seats, according to the exit polls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sanseit\u014d is the first Japanese party to successfully exploit anti-immigration sentiment. Japanese tend to feel pride in their homogeneous society, where just 3% of the population of 124 million are foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That number is rising sharply amid demand for labour in a rapidly ageing society, reaching 3.8 million last year, and up 10.8% on the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Japanese media frequently report the negative sides of immigration, such as alleged abuse of the national health insurance system-<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A boom in foreign tourism has also contributed to the negative image of foreigners, with media reports highlighting rowdy behaviour.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Japanese Prime Minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba walks before a board with few red paper roses showing elected candidate at the LDP headquarters. Japan&#8217;s ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba&#8217;s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has suffered another setback in elections to the upper house of parliament, exit polls predicted on Sunday. -\/ZUMA Press Wire\/dpa<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/japanese-government-facing-setback-upper-164326342.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&rsquo;s ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba&rsquo;s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has suffered another setback in elections to the upper<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/japanese-government-facing-setback-in-upper-house-vote\/20\/07\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/5b907134c78f6fdf3b099f2c8af4cfe7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}