٠٠:٠٢:٢٨Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said it was 'very tough' to see the preliminary results of the snap vote on Sunday that saw Japan's ruling coalition lose their majority.
"I won't mention that we lost because the final results haven't come out yet, but I thought it was very tough until we got to this point, and from the middle of the election, or maybe halfway through the election, I realised that it was very tough," the prime minister said.
Footage shows Ishiba placing ribbons on names of election winners as well as posing for photos with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi.
PM Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and junior coalition partner Komeito won 215 seats in the lower house of parliament, according to media reports. This was down from the 279 seats they secured in the last elections and short of the 233 needed for a majority.
Meanwhile, the main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) 148 seats according to media reports.
The prime minister called for the snap poll after he was elected to head the LDP party last month aiming to strengthen his public mandate. Former PM Kishida withdrew his candidacy for re-election following corruption allegations.
'Very tough' - PM Ishiba as Japan’s ruling party lose majority in snap election
Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said it was 'very tough' to see the preliminary results of the snap vote on Sunday that saw Japan's ruling coalition lose their majority.
"I won't mention that we lost because the final results haven't come out yet, but I thought it was very tough until we got to this point, and from the middle of the election, or maybe halfway through the election, I realised that it was very tough," the prime minister said.
Footage shows Ishiba placing ribbons on names of election winners as well as posing for photos with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi.
PM Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and junior coalition partner Komeito won 215 seats in the lower house of parliament, according to media reports. This was down from the 279 seats they secured in the last elections and short of the 233 needed for a majority.
Meanwhile, the main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) 148 seats according to media reports.
The prime minister called for the snap poll after he was elected to head the LDP party last month aiming to strengthen his public mandate. Former PM Kishida withdrew his candidacy for re-election following corruption allegations.
Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said it was 'very tough' to see the preliminary results of the snap vote on Sunday that saw Japan's ruling coalition lose their majority.
"I won't mention that we lost because the final results haven't come out yet, but I thought it was very tough until we got to this point, and from the middle of the election, or maybe halfway through the election, I realised that it was very tough," the prime minister said.
Footage shows Ishiba placing ribbons on names of election winners as well as posing for photos with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi.
PM Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and junior coalition partner Komeito won 215 seats in the lower house of parliament, according to media reports. This was down from the 279 seats they secured in the last elections and short of the 233 needed for a majority.
Meanwhile, the main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) 148 seats according to media reports.
The prime minister called for the snap poll after he was elected to head the LDP party last month aiming to strengthen his public mandate. Former PM Kishida withdrew his candidacy for re-election following corruption allegations.