Japan’s ruling party and its allies have failed to win an outright majority in Sunday’s election for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly.
The vote in the Japanese capital was closely watched as a bellwether for a lower house election that needs to be held by October.
Suga’s LDP falls short of majority in Tokyo city election | Elections News | Al Jazeera
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A voter wearing a protective face mask walks past a board displaying posters of candidates for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election near a polling station, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, July 4, 2021 [Issei Kato/ Reuters]