PM Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic party faces losses amid voter anger over funding scandal and cost of living

Japan’s ruling coalition could lose its majority in parliament in Sunday’s general election, according to exit polls, after suffering losses amid voter anger over a funding scandal and the cost of living crisis in the world’s fourth-biggest economy.

A poll by the national broadcaster NHK showed that the Liberal Democratic party (LDP), which has ruled Japan almost without interruption since the mid-1950s, and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, were set to win between 174 and 254 of the 465 seats in the lower house of parliament.