The ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered a historic defeat in Sunday’s Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to quickly get the Cabinet and the LDP back on their feet.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered a historic defeat in Sunday’s Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to quickly get the Cabinet and the LDP back on their feet.
« We have to take the election results seriously as a severe scolding of the LDP by the public and profoundly reflect upon this, » Abe told reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday morning. « The LDP must make whole-party efforts to restore public confidence in the party by producing results. »
The Cabinet’s approval rating is declining, and Abe plans to reorganize the government by reshuffling the Cabinet and the LDP leadership.
