こんにちは！やさしい英語ニュースのAkiです。 では、本日の英語ニュースです。学習メニューを順にこなしていきましょう。 全体リーディング PM Abe forms new Cabinet Liberal Democrat […]

The Internal Affairs Ministry said on Monday that the voter turnout in Sunday’s Lower House election marked a new postwar low of 59.32 percent.

The largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party scored a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election, while the ruling Democratic Party of Japan suffered a crushing defeat that reduced its seats to 57 from 230.

Campaigning for the Dec. 16 Lower House election officially kicked off on Tuesday, with some 1,500 candidates expected to run for 480-seats.

The governor of Shiga Prefecture told a news conference on Tuesday that she will launch a new political party, Japan Future Party, with the aim of forming an anti-nuclear coalition for the upcoming election.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Tuesday he will not run in the next lower house election, showing his disagreement with the Democratic Party leadership’s policies of raising the consumption tax and joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks.

The newly-formed Sunrise Party merged with the Japan Restoration Party on Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the Lower House for a snap general election on Dec. 16.

Former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara on Tuesday launched a new political party named “the Sunrise Party” along with five lawmakers, vowing to form a “third force” before the next general election.