TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party is gaining traction as the July 20 upper house election nears, with those planning to vote for the LDP increasing 3 percentage points on the month to 29% in a new Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll.
The Constitutional Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People each held steady at 12%. They were followed by the right-leaning Sanseito party, whose support rose to 7% from 3%, and the the Japan Innovation Party, whose support fell to 6% from 7%.