Japan's Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Fumio Kishida (third from right) poses with key party members as he puts rosettes by successful general election candidates' names on a board at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Oct 31, 2021. - AFP
TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) managed to retain its majority in Parliament in a general election on Sunday (Oct 31) but the result might leave his government weakened.
The ruling LDP is expected to win up to 253 seats, according to a forecast by public broadcaster NHK, sharply down from the 276 seats that it held previously.
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