The 51st Japanese House of Representatives election has determined all 465 seats this morning. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured 316 seats, exceeding the legal threshold of two-thirds alone, setting a record for the highest number of seats for a single party since World War II. The centrist reform alliance composed of the Constitutional Democratic Party and Komeito shrank significantly to only 49 seats, ending in a major defeat.
The Japanese government and ruling party are expected to hold a special session of parliament in mid-February, where the prime minister will be nominated in both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, officially forming the second Cabinet of Takahashi Asako. Takahashi Asako has stated that she will continue with the same cabinet lineup as the first cabinet established in October last year, without replacing ministers.
Takahashi Asako will attend a temporary party officials' meeting of the LDP this afternoon to summarize the results of the House of Representatives election, and then hold talks with the leader of the Restoration Party, Yoshimura Hirofumi, within the Diet, expecting to reaffirm the content of the coalition governance agreement set in October 2025.
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