Yoshihiko Noda, head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ), during a lower house election night event at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner are set to lose their majority for the first time since 2009, according to a forecast from public broadcaster NHK, raising questions about the future of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. - Photo: Bloomberg
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was on thin ice on Monday (Oct 28) after his ruling coalition was projected to have lost its parliamentary majority in disastrous snap elections.
Ishiba, 67, called Sunday's vote days after taking office on October 1, but voters angry at a slush fund scandal punished his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
