#japanese-national-elections

#japanese-national-elections

While every submission criticised the actions of other decision-makers and provided examples, there was a notable absence of reflection on how a decision maker ... could have done better. Despite this, they concluded that the campaign failure was the result of an extraordinary combination of internal errors by the parliamentary and organisational wings of the party, compounded by external factors such as an interest rate hike and a natural disaster-induced election delay.

Neither the move from the far right nor hard left are expected to garner enough votes to be a serious threat, but they show Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu still faces strong opposition from within the parliament that toppled his two predecessors. France has been mired in political crisis since Macron in 2024 called snap polls which he hoped would consolidate his majority but instead ended up in a deeply divided lower house.

Shaimaa Khalil,Tokyo Correspondent and EPA Sir Keir Starmer has invited Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the UK following talks in Tokyo, saying the relationship between the countries was the "strongest" it has been "in decades". The leaders of UK and Japan said they had discussed their "joint values" and set out plans to strengthen trade and security ties, including boosting defence and partnerships across the Indo-Pacific region.