| Author (Corporate) | Council of the European Union: General Secretariat |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | 23.10.17 |
| Publication Date | 23/10/2017 |
| Content Type | News |
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Background and further information: Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan - 289 single-member districts and eleven proportional blocks – in order to appoint all 465 members (down from 475) of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the then 707-member bicameral National Diet of Japan. Incumbent Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's governing coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito gained a landslide victory, winning his fourth term in office and retaining the two-thirds super majority. The snap election was called in the midst of the North Korea missile threat and the largest opposition party the Democratic Party in disarray. Despite being disrupted by Typhoon Lan, the election saw a slight increase in turnout rate of 53.68% but still was the second lowest in postwar Japan. It was the first election after the voting age was lowered from 20 to 18. Mr Abe also became the first Prime Minister to win three consecutive general elections since 1953 and the first LDP leader to do that. The leaders of the European Union congratulated Shinzō Abe following the victory gathered by his party at a general election for the Japanese House of Representatives on 22 October 2017. |
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| Source Link | http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/10/23-tusk-juncker-reconfirmation-abe/ |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, Japan |
