Half of Japanese voters want Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition to lose its majority in the House of Councillors in next month’s election, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.
The nationwide telephone poll conducted Saturday and Sunday found that 50.2 percent of respondents want the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito party to lose its upper house majority, while 38.1 percent want it to retain control following the July 20 election.
The LDP is still the most popular party among voters as 17.9 percent said they will vote for it in the proportional representation segment, while 9.8 percent expressed support for the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, 6.4 percent for the Democratic Party for the People and 5.8 percent for the Sanseito party.
Asked what key election issue matters most in deciding which party or candidate to vote for, 31.9 percent of respondents cited measures against rising prices while 16.9 percent chose pension and other social welfare measures.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrives at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters in Tokyo on June 25, 2025, for talks with the ruling party’s executives. (Kyodo)
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