i'm joined now by shihoko goto, director of the indo—pacific program at the wilson centre in washingtonhat japan's allies will be watching from the outside seeing the results transpire? it from the outside seeing the results transpire?— results transpire? it is very shocking- _ results transpire? it is very shocking. there _ results transpire? it is very shocking. there had - results transpire? it is very shocking. there had been i results transpire? it is very l shocking. there had been an expectation that if the ldp lost they would win seats and they would actually be able to form a coalition government. that could be off the table now and the expectation now is for japan to continue to be a source of stability but how they will be able to do it will be a big question. under the japanese constitution are government needs to be formed in the next 30 days so at least in the next 30 days so at least in the next 30 days a lot of the focus of the japanese political machine will be about forming a government and looking beyond that we don't know who the leader of the liberal democratic part