https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Year-end-Snap-Election-and-Political-Situation https://internationalviewpoint.org/Year-end-Snap-Election-and-Political-Situation 2015-03-14T16:01:33Z text/html en Tsutomu Teramoto Japan <p>As expected, the general election of December 14, 2014 gave an absolute majority of the seats again to the ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komei Party. LDP got 291 seats and Komei Party got 35 seats out of the total of 475 seats. The biggest opposition, Democratic Party (DP) got only 73 seats.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV482-March-2015-" rel="directory">IV482 - March 2015</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Japan-+" rel="tag">Japan</a>