the ruling bloc secured a two-thirds supermajority in the 475-seat House of Representatives, giving it the power to override the Upper House.
When I arrived in Japan in 1995, the LDP was out of power and written off.
The LDP were true stayers in politics. They managed to get back into power soon after the 1995 general election by forming a coalition with the Socialist party.
The Socialist party leader was initially the Prime Minister then he resigned later and was replaced by an LDP Prime Minister.
The grip on power of the LDP was consolidated by the great competence of the Koizumi administration.
Source: Edward Prescott
The LDP lost power again in about 2007 but regained power in the next election through the extreme incompetence of their opposition.
In the current election, the main opposition party were unable even to put up enough candidates to actually win a majority.
The key contribution of the main opposition parties in Japan was well stated when they last won an election in 2007. They have shown that they can actually win an election when the LDP performs poorly. That is an important discipline that may not have been there in the 1980s.
via Abe’s snap election pays off with big win for LDP | The Japan Times.
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