Editorial

16:45 JST, June 23, 2025

The harsh election results likely reflected public dissatisfaction with the running of the current administration, in addition to the issue of politics and money. The Liberal Democratic Party must take the voice of the voters seriously.

Voting and ballot counting for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election took place with a record 295 candidates running for 127 seats. The LDP, the largest party in the assembly, faced a tough race and looked set to lose a significant number of seats. The Tokyo-based regional party Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites first group) is likely to become the largest party.

The LDP had been facing headwinds even before the election. This was because the issue of party factions failing to include required information in their members’ political funds reports had also spread to the LDP group in the assembly. Moreover, the approval rating of Prime Minister........

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