Japan's LDP Loses: What's Next?
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Over the weekend, Japan went to the polls for a snap election. While the polls weren't looking great for the ruling party, the results were actually even worse. In this video, we're taking a look at LDP's dominance in Japanese politics, what went wrong on Sunday, and what might happen next.

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Sources:

1 - https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-s-LDP-at-risk-of-losing-majority-in-lower-house-election-poll 2 - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/28/japan/politics/lower-house-election-results/ 3 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G7_Countries_GDP_Per_Capita_%281990-2029%29.png 4 - https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/how-do-elections-work-in-japan/ 5 - https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2024/10/10/its-tokyos-turn-to-be-on-liz-truss-lettuce-watch/ 6 - https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/ishiba-japan-ldp-shinzo-abe-militarization/ 7 - https://www.ft.com/content/989adf50-1b3c-40e5-8e9e-85ffb9af7e68 8 - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/17/japan/politics/ishiba-cabinet-lowest-public-support/ 9 - https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/election/20241017-216900/ 10 - https://observingjapan.substack.com/p/the-general-election-begins 11 - https://observingjapan.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-the-2024-general-election

00:00 - Introduction 00:55 - Context 04:00 - The Results 05:28 - What's Next? 07:25 - Sponsored Content