Japan’s ruling party secures big election win in the aftermath of Abe’s killing
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP, and its coalition partners will secure a two-thirds supermajority in the nation’s parliament according to projections from Sunday’s election, a powerful showing possibly bolstered by extra support following the assassination Friday of its onetime leader and policy architect, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The overwhelming victory could usher in at least three years of political stability for Kishida. It would clear the way for him to enact some of the party’s most controversial goals, including increasing defense spending and pursuing Abe’s long-running desire to amend Japan’s pacifist postwar constitution so that Japan can become a stronger global military power.
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