The world is like a chess game, especially at the moment when the international situation is changing, variables and accidents are emerging in an endless stream. For many countries, 2024 is undoubtedly an election year, and for some Asian countries, elections are now a high-profile event. And not long ago, two more striking pieces of news came from China's neighborhood.
First, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party suffered a crushing defeat in the Diet by-election.
According to a report on the 29th, preliminary results show that Japan's Liberal Democratic Party lost the Diet by-election on the 28th, and all three seats were won by the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party.
It is reported that the three seats won by the opposition parties are from Shimane 1 Ward, Tokyo 15 Ward, and Nagasaki 3 Ward, which have been LDP seats until now, but now they have rarely changed hands, which shows that the crisis facing the LDP is still quite serious.
Of course, compared to the deep-rooted and large LDP, the opposition party is not large and fragmented, and it is not yet a threat to the LDP's power, and it is difficult to predict whether the LDP will usher in the "darkest moment" of suppression in the future. However, the situation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will become very dangerous.
Of course, it is important to know that the persistence rate of the Kishida cabinet has been sluggish for a long time, and it has been in "dangerous waters" for several months in a row. Although Fumio Kishida publicly apologized for the many scandals of the Liberal Democratic Party, and even risked the dissolution of the "Kishida faction" like a big gamble, it still could not restore the trust of the Japanese people.
According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on the 22nd, polls show that more than sixty percent of the Japanese people hope that the Liberal Democratic Party led by Kishida will go into opposition. Now, in the first Japanese national election held since the "black gold" scandal was exposed to the "black gold" scandal of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party suffered another heavy defeat, which is undoubtedly a blow to Fumio Kishida.
Then, how to restore trust inside and outside the party will be a major problem for Fumio Kishida to face next. However, it is foreseeable that in order to win popularity, Fumio Kishida will most likely use the "old methods" commonly used by the right-wing, including further currying favor with the United States, pushing Japan to further get rid of its shackles and go further and further on the road of strengthening its military and expanding its armed forces.
Second, Yoon Suk-yeol rarely held talks with Lee Jae-myung.
According to reference sources, Yonhap News Agency reported on the 29th that on the afternoon of the same day, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of South Korea, held a tea party at the presidential palace, and the two sides will hold talks on two major topics: "measures to restore people's livelihood" and "change the direction of governance". It is reported that this is the first time that Yoon Suk-yeol has held talks with Lee Jae-myung since he took office as president of South Korea.
The Democratic Party of Korea is the largest opposition party in South Korea, and Lee Jae-myung can be said to be Yoon Suk-yeol's number one opponent, and Yoon Suk-yeol's key step in negotiating with the opposition party is like a major compromise to the opposition party.
In the South Korean parliamentary election held in April this year, the ruling party of the Republic of Korea suffered a crushing defeat, while the Democratic Party of Korea and the Democratic Union Party occupied 175 seats. In the face of the embarrassment of South Korea's ruling party, a number of high-ranking figures simply chose to resign, including South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-so and Yoon Suk-yeol's interim leader of the National Power Party, Han Dongxun.
As a result, Yoon Suk-yeol is not only facing tremendous pressure from the opposition parties, but also even more isolated. However, Yoon Suk-yeol's term of office has not yet ended, and he must continue to perform his duties, and Yoon Suk-yeol's next policies will inevitably be supported by the opposition parties.
However, it is uncertain whether this meeting will open the way for the government and the opposition to jointly govern the country, and we can only wait and see whether South Korea will be friendly and hand in hand with the government and the opposition in the future, or whether the internal fighting will escalate and one side will prevail over the other.