Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Hayashi says Japan to hold upper house election on July 20

From a couple of weeks ago:

• Japan upper house election to be held on July 20 (Japanese media report)

The 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election was scheduled to be held by July 22, so July 20 seemed pretty much lcoked in.

Confirmed now.

It’s a half-election for the upper house, with 124 of the 248 seats up for grabs

• the ruling LDP-Komeito coalition must retain at least 125 seats to maintain its majority in the upper house.

PM Ishiba, who assumed the premiership in November 2024 following the LDP’s loss of its lower house majority, now leads a minority government.

PM Ishiba

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.