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Japan: Ruling Party Loses Majority After Snap Election

Published OCT 28 2024

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Above: Shigeru Ishiba at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 27, 2024. Image credit: Toru Hanai/Contributor/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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The Asahi Shimbun Kyodo News+

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that the LDP will lose its status as the largest party in the House of Representatives of Japan by July 2041, according to the Metaculus prediction community.