The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may lose seats in the House of Representatives in Sunday's general election but retain a comfortable majority together with its coalition partner Komeito, according to a Kyodo News survey conducted through Tuesday.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who took office less than a month ago, is expected to claim a mandate for his COVID-19 and economic policies with such a result. There will be little, if any, change to the Cabinet lineup if voters decide to keep the current government, he said in a TV appearance Tuesday.
The LDP could fail to retain all of the 276 seats it held in the 465-seat lower chamber of the Diet prior to the election, while the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is struggling to gain momentum in its bid to add to its 110 seats, according to the survey.