Two headlines from the Nikkei this morning … both of which will give Japanese PM Abe a big grin as he tucks into his cornflakes this morning.
Funny thing, two headlines, but they both lead to the one article … go figure:
- Japanese election:Ruling coalition likely to retain 2/3 majority
- Japanese election:Abe’s party could expand its hold on parliament
(and, here is the one article)
In brief:
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party seen grabbing as many as 300 seats in the 475-member chamber … latest Nikkei survey
- The LDP held 295 seats before Abe dissolved the lower house last month, appears headed for an easy victory
- Lack of formidable opponents
- Junior coalition partner Komeito is expected to keep the 31 seats it held
- The LDP and Komeito together are certain to secure the more than 266 seats needed to guarantee majorities in all the house’s standing committees, and may even maintain their two-thirds supermajority of 317 seats
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I posted yesterday on what numbers the LDP needs in Japan:
