<p>Tokyo: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/japan">Japan's</a> incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he plans to hold a general election on October 27.</p><p>Here is what to expect in the following weeks as Ishiba seeks to hold on to his party's lower house majority and solidify his position atop a scandal-plagued party.</p>.<p>Ishiba's victory in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership race last week virtually assures that he be officially voted in as Japan's next prime minister during a special parliamentary session on Tuesday.</p><p>The 67-year-old is hoping to capitalise on his current wave of popularity to revive a party that has seen its public ratings drop in recent months over a series of scandals that partly forced his predecessor, Fumio Kishida, to resign.</p>.<p>Ishiba said the snap election would be held on October 27, with a ruling party executive saying earlier on Monday that the new leader would dissolve parliament on October 9.</p><p>Official campaigning must run for a minimum of 12 days before the election.</p><p>The upper house will continue its term as it cannot be dissolved, with the next term finishing in July 2025.</p>.Shigeru Ishiba: The outsider set to lead Japan.<p>The LDP, which has ruled Japan for almost all of the post-war era, currently holds 258 of 465 seats in the lower house.</p><p>Although the LDP saw its popularity hit a low of 25.5 per cent in June – the lowest since it regained power in 2012 – it remains the most popular party in a fragmented political landscape.</p><p>Some 31.3 per cent of respondents said they support the party, according to a poll by public broadcaster NHK conducted early September.</p><p>The main opposition is the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, which currently hold 99 seats. Its current approval rating stands at 6.6 per cent.</p><p>The conservative Japan Innovation Party, which has a stronghold in the Western city of Osaka, currently holds 45 seats, while the LDP's junior coalition partner Komeito has 32.</p>.<p>The focus is whether the LDP will win the 233 seats needed to keep a lower-house majority by itself.</p><p>Winning an additional 28 seats would help put the coalition past the 261 seats of an "absolute stable majority", a level that would ensure control over parliamentary committees, making it easier to push through bills.</p>
<p>Tokyo: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/japan">Japan's</a> incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he plans to hold a general election on October 27.</p><p>Here is what to expect in the following weeks as Ishiba seeks to hold on to his party's lower house majority and solidify his position atop a scandal-plagued party.</p>.<p>Ishiba's victory in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership race last week virtually assures that he be officially voted in as Japan's next prime minister during a special parliamentary session on Tuesday.</p><p>The 67-year-old is hoping to capitalise on his current wave of popularity to revive a party that has seen its public ratings drop in recent months over a series of scandals that partly forced his predecessor, Fumio Kishida, to resign.</p>.<p>Ishiba said the snap election would be held on October 27, with a ruling party executive saying earlier on Monday that the new leader would dissolve parliament on October 9.</p><p>Official campaigning must run for a minimum of 12 days before the election.</p><p>The upper house will continue its term as it cannot be dissolved, with the next term finishing in July 2025.</p>.Shigeru Ishiba: The outsider set to lead Japan.<p>The LDP, which has ruled Japan for almost all of the post-war era, currently holds 258 of 465 seats in the lower house.</p><p>Although the LDP saw its popularity hit a low of 25.5 per cent in June – the lowest since it regained power in 2012 – it remains the most popular party in a fragmented political landscape.</p><p>Some 31.3 per cent of respondents said they support the party, according to a poll by public broadcaster NHK conducted early September.</p><p>The main opposition is the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, which currently hold 99 seats. Its current approval rating stands at 6.6 per cent.</p><p>The conservative Japan Innovation Party, which has a stronghold in the Western city of Osaka, currently holds 45 seats, while the LDP's junior coalition partner Komeito has 32.</p>.<p>The focus is whether the LDP will win the 233 seats needed to keep a lower-house majority by itself.</p><p>Winning an additional 28 seats would help put the coalition past the 261 seats of an "absolute stable majority", a level that would ensure control over parliamentary committees, making it easier to push through bills.</p>