Which Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida would not be too unhappy about… Several significant polls said his Liberal Which Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida would not be too unhappy about… Several significant polls said his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) would lose its majority in the House of Representatives in Sunday’s election, but that hasn’t eventuated. Needing 233 to claim a majority, the LDP is set for circa 260 seats. With its coalition partner Komeito, they’ll have more than 290 seats and a solid lead over the opposition. Kishida, who became the nation’s leader a month ago, was not expected to deliver that kind of result. After the resignation of longtime PM Shinzo Abe and a lacklustre year at the top by PM Yoshihide Suga, Kishida has promised to get the economy back on track after a pandemic pummelling. “We will speedily implement policies to respond to the voices of the people we have received nationwide that strongly desire political stability and policy implementation,” he said yesterday. Stirring stuff…