Kishida No Confidence Vote Fails
Gabriele Ninivaggi from The Japan Times:
The Lower House voted down a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday amid widespread disaffection with the Liberal Democratic Party-led government and dismal approval ratings.
The motion — submitted earlier in the day by the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan — was voted down by the LDP and its junior coalition partner Komeito, which, combined, hold a supermajority in the chamber.
There was no chance this would pass but it is still one step closer to the cliff for Kishida.