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Japan’s ruling party lost a special election Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had described in part as a judgment on himself, months ahead of a party leadership vote. Public anger over a slush fund scandal helped the main opposition candidate Akiko Kamei defeat the Liberal Democratic Party’s Norimasa Nishikori by about 83,000 votes to 58,000 in what had been a party stronghold in Shimane prefecture.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he would not step down or replace party leaders after his governing party lost Japan's special election by a large margin.
Japanese utility Chugoku Electric Power has postponed the restart of its 820MW Shimane No.2 nuclear reactor in western Japan's Shimane prefecture from August to December, as reinforcement works are taking longer than expected.
Sunday’s defeat marks a further setback for Kishida, who will seek reelection as his party’s leader in the fall.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party appears to have lost all three seats in Sunday’s parliamentary by-elections. The Liberal Democratic Party’s loss is considered a voter punishment for its links to a yearslong corruption scandal that erupted last year and has undermined Kishida’s leadership. His party’s loss of power is unlikely, however, because of the fractured opposition. Exit polls show the liberal-leaning main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan projected to win all three seats in Shimane, Nagasaki and Tokyo. The loss could undermine Kishidaâ...