thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has sailed to a landslide victory after taking a gamble with snap elections votes are being counted now but exit polls show obvious governing cold. mission may win a super majority all that would enable the government to revise the country's post-war constitution called the elections last month to consolidate his government's position official results are expected later this evening turnout for the election was depressed by rainy weather and strong winds from tyson land which is moving up japan's eastern coast. short time ago i spoke to journalist michael paine in tokyo and asked him about early projections well the exit polls are predicting that the government will definitely win a majority as to whether or not they will win the super majority which is the two thirds majority you mentioned of that we probably won't find out until later in the evening but it will definitely be a crushing victory for the prime minister and probably will certainly historic low voter turnout both because lack of a real

i'm welcome to the program japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has swept to a resoundingly victory of to taking a gamble with snap elections now abizaid liberal democratic party is set to have a two thirds supermajority in the know house of parliament that paves the way to make changes to the country's pacifist constitution now on sunday he pledged to do firmly with threats from north korea the dominated the campaign. a coronation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo had quite a few carnations to pin thanks to his coalition's big landslide retaining a supermajority of two thirds in parliament was one of the conservatives goals they want to reform japan's pacifist constitution which restricts the military to self defense they point to the threat from north korea as proof that the constitution is outdated. calling snap elections was a risk but the gamble paid off handsomely when i made the call he was facing low approval ratings after a string of government scandals pushing elections forward was a master stroke of politics his rival yuri koori the go

i met her in thanks for joining us japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has sailed to a landslide victory after taking a gamble with snap elections votes are still being counted but it's already clear that all based liberal democratic party will win an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament and the question now is whether his governing coalition will retain its super majority they called the election last month to consolidate his government's position so as to revise the country's post-war constitution and tackle the north korean crisis. a short time ago i spoke to journalist michael penn in tokyo i asked him why are they call this election when he could have waited until next year. well you see although he has a lot of a personal baggage at the time he's not particularly personally popular he saw that the opposition parties were in a very weak position to challenge him the main opposition party at that time was just had a new leader and was clearly very disorganized and then there was a very popular governor of tokyo who was preparing to move into national politics but by goi

a matter of it thanks for joining us japan's prime minister shinzo abbay is on course to win a landslide victory after taking a gamble by calling snap elections. the obvious liberal democratic party is set to retain its two thirds super majority in the lower house of parliament. they called the election last month to consolidate his government's position so as to revise the country's post-war constitution and tackle the north korean crisis. you know earlier i spoke to tokyo correspondent michael penn and asked him to explain what kind of japan is trying to create now i think the keystone to understanding his vision is that sheens are a kind of feels that japan in the post-war era somehow had its pride damaged and i think this is kind of at the heart of what motivates him he believes that japan should become a nation which in his view is a normal nation with a normal military which has normal nationalism and pride so while this is not a mainstream view in japan it's very much been part of obvious character all throughout his life and it's what you know it's one of the things which has gui

this is d w news live from berlin calling a snap election appears to have paid off big for shinzo abbay exit polls are projecting a landslide victory for the japanese prime there's a ruling conservative this fall is a short campaign that focused on the economy and the north korea crisis also coming up thousands gather here in berlin to condemn hate and racism in german politics the demonstration comes two days before the bundestag returns to session with newly elected lawmakers from the far right alternative for germany. also coming up we'll get a check on the latest blunders league soccer action that's more than a quarter of the way through this season now with teams from the top and the bottom desperate for points we'll bring you all the goals of all the drama a match day not. them at herman welcome to the broadcast japan's prime minister shinzo has swept to a resoundingly victory after taking a gamble with snap elections liberal democratic party is set to retain its two thirds super majority in the lower house of parliament that allows him to make changes to the country's pacifist co

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is to japan now where prime minister shinzo abbay has swept to a resoundingly victory after taking a gamble with snap elections his coalition government is set to retain its two thirds super majority in the lower house of parliament and that could pave the way to make deep changes to the country's pacifist constitution we'll have more on that after this report. carnation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo has many carnations to pin for the resounding victory of his ruling coalition he pledged to tackle what he called japan's two national crises the military threat from north korea and japan's aging population. i believe this election was about firstly the north korean threat you can even say the north korean threat is the biggest threat ever it was also about the declining birth rate if we don't do something now it will be too late this is a national crisis that cannot wait but how. does all of the lower house less than a month ago forcing a snap election he's move looks like it's paying off his ruling coalition has easily retained its two third

debate ahead of snap elections in two weeks prime minister shinzo abbay says his government supports the u.s. stance on north korea with all options on the table tokyo's popular governor you recall quake a represented her opposition party which she launched just over a week ago she criticize aves economic policies and place to phase out nuclear power by twenty thirty. asia's middle class is getting wealthier that means they're buying more electronic goods which ultimately have to be thrown away china is now the world's biggest recycled ways but the industry has a poor reputation as a general reports that. the village of dalia in northeast china was once part of a burgeoning illegal industry it's still survives just three years unskilled local people made a living picking apart electronic waste by hand extracting metals like gold silver and copper and anything else that also value. oblivious of the dangers to their health or to the villages water and soil this contamination will last for years. slowly these unregulated workshops have started to close as we took these pictures a local

japan is preparing to go to the polls in a week's time after prime minister shinzo abbay called a snap election as campaigning picks up two new parties are trying to take votes away from the ruling coalition florence three reports from tokyo. seto go fujioka i never used to give much thought to politics that is until she had a child. that i was the kind of person who worked and worked to talk to having a child i began to see society through them politics is connected to our everyday life for example nursery or day care issues food and energy that realisation inspired her to set up a small organization called chorus out which means living in japanese to create a space where people can take time out from their busy schedules to talk about society and politics among other things you don't want to hold on you guys i think it's important to know your position and have reasoning behind it i want to continue to sharpen my views through talking to many people. when prime minister shinzo called a snap election last month many voters questioned the timing given he's not required to go to the pol

upcoming lower house elections analysts are calling the snap vote a referendum on prime minister shinzo abbay who has been in power for nearly five years obvious facing an unexpected challenge from a one month old party but is expected to win the vote will take place on october twenty second. people living in poverty are at greater risk of being sentenced to death that is the conclusion of a global alliance of activists working to abolish the death penalty they've organized hundreds of initiatives to mark this year's world day against the death penalty so where is the problem most acute human rights group amnesty international points to china the world leader when it comes to executions by amnesty international's latest estimates china remains the world's biggest executioner more people are sentenced to death there than the rest of the world combined or exactly how many remains a matter of speculation since there are no official figures most information on the death penalty in china is a state secret. joining china as the world's top five executioners are iran saudi arabia iraq and pakistan b

i'm edith kimani welcome to the program japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has swept to a resoundingly victory after taking a gamble with snap elections his liberal democratic party is set to retain its two thirds supermajority in the know house of parliament now that paves the way to make changes to the country's pacifist constitution on sunday he pledged to do firmly with threats from north korea the dominated the campaign. a coronation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo a had quite a few carnations to pin thanks to his coalition's big landslide retaining a supermajority of two thirds in parliament was one of the conservatives goals they want to reform japan's pacifist constitution which restricts the military to self defense they point to the threat from north korea as proof that the constitution is outdated. calling snap elections was a risk but the gamble paid off handsomely when i made the call he was facing low approval ratings after a string of government scandals pushing elections forward was a master stroke of politics his rival yuri koo

many thanks indeed attention back to their lives in barcelona japan's prime minister shinzo abbay says that he'll continue to deal decisively with north korea following his election when his ruling coalition scored a major victory in the poll the liberal democratic party and the come a two party won more than two thirds of seats in the lower house of a says he wants to hold talks on north korea with us president donald trump will visit japan next month sarah clarke reports from tokyo. he called on voters during the campaign to choose him because it was a size diable experience government and today he renewed that pledge to seek and strengthen diplomacy to deal with north korea and the escalating tensions in this region you also said that he would strengthen japan's cooperation with the international community donald trump is visiting japan next month. i have spoken to donald trump today obviously to congratulate him on the election victory but they've also both agreed that on this visit to japan the tramp and our by world make this issue central to this their policy discussion so north

japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has strengthened his party's stand against north korea after he was returned to power with a resoundingly election victory his conservative coalition what a huge majority a set of clock reports from tokyo. it was the election result she had hoped for his liberal democratic party and coalition partner won three hundred twelve of the four hundred sixty five seats delivering them a two thirds majority in parliament. north korea played a central role in his campaign and by wants to strengthen diplomatic channels pledging greater international cooperation conflict sort of we will conduct strong diplomacy as tensions over north korea are increasing on the fifth of next month president trump is scheduled to visit japan kindly called me by phone already today and when he visits we will spend time discussing the issues of north korea and aim to confirm our close alliance voters weren't just focused on north korea in this election but some felt opposition parties failed to provide them with an alternative agenda to our buys that was worth voting for. position p