In Japan, Liberal Democrats under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passed a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives, the lower wing of the parliament, according to unofficial initial results of the general election held to determine members of the House of Representatives last month.
In Japan, the unofficial initial results were announced after the end of voting at 20.00 local time in the general elections, which were held to determine members of the House of Representatives dissolved in September.
According to the results released by Japanese government television NHK, the Liberal Democrats coalition, led by Prime Minister Abe, won 312 of the 465 seats in the House of Representatives of the lower wing of parliament, while the other parties remained in 143 seats.
Abe took the decision of early elections by annulling the House of Representatives at the end of September on the grounds that Japan needed to be "refreshed and touched" to deal with the "national crises" it faced.
North Korea's nuclear threat, nuclear policy and tax issues to be followed after Fukushima are among these crises.
The Senate election, the upper wing of parliament in Japan, was held in July 2016. Members of the Senate and Representative Assemblies, which form the Japanese Parliament (Diet), are elected by the people. 