Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its conservative partner, Komeito, are on track to win between 69 and 83 of the 125 seats being contested in this election, according to an exit poll from state broadcaster NHK.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida places a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name to indicate a victory in the upper house electionJapan's ruling coalition appears to have increased its majority in the upper house, two days after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.The House of Councillors, as it is known, has 248 members. Half its membership is up for election every three years.
Following Sunday's election, it appears the coalition could have as many as 143 seats, giving it a working majority.Current prime minister and LDP leader Fumio Kishida said it was"significant we were able to pull this together at a time violence was shaking the foundations of the election".at a campaign rally in the western city of Nara.It is the first assassination of a sitting or former Japanese premier since the 1930s.
"We can't deny that there were problems with the security plan given how things ended," Nara prefectorial police chief Tomoaki Onizuka said.Should the exit poll prove to be accurate, Mr Kishida will be able to work on policy goals such as his"new capitalism" economic policy.Mr Abe's body has been
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