The coalition that backs Shinze Abe also won an absolute majority in the Upper House, in which he will be able to count on 135 seats out of 242. His party (Liberal Democrats) won 65 seats and his ally New Komeito 11 (therefore 76 out of the 121 up for grabs), while the opposition Democratic Party dropped from 44 to 17 seats .
Consensus in the anti-Abenomics line-up was increased by the Communist Party, winning 8 seats and intercepting the protest vote amid the growing disaffection of citizens towards politics: only 52,6% of those entitled voted, against 57,92, 2010% of the XNUMX Upper House elections.
The nationalist Abe, who in any case will have to deal with the opposition, has won popular support for his economic reforms with which he promises to bring the world's third largest economy out of the deflationary situation it has been in for 15 years, above all through a aggressive monetary policy aimed at stimulating the economy. More controversial is his position in favor of the resumption of activity of nuclear reactors, shut down after the Fukushima catastrophe, which sees many Japanese voters against.
