TOKYO — Candidates in Japan's super-tight parliamentary elections made last-ditch appeals to voters on Saturday, with opinion polls suggesting that the ruling coalition might fall short of a majority.
TOKYO — Candidates in Japan's super-tight parliamentary elections made last-ditch appeals to voters on Saturday, with opinion polls suggesting that the ruling coalition might fall short of a majority.Such a bombshell outcome would be the worst result for the Liberal Democratic Party since 2009 and potentially a knockout blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba .
In many districts, LDP candidates are in neck-and-neck battles with those from the Constitutional Democratic Party — the second-biggest in parliament — led by popular former prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.'The LDP's politics is all about quickly implementing policies for those who give them loads of cash,' Noda told a rally on Saturday.
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