TOKYO – In the December snap election initiated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito Party, won 326 of the Diet’s 475 seats, retaining their constitutional majority in the lower house of parliament. It was an extraordinary achievement – one that Japan has not witnessed in decades.
东京—在日本首相安倍晋三发起的12月提前大选中，自民党及其次要伙伴公明党赢得国会475个议席中的326席，继续保有众议院宪定多数。这是一个了不起的成就——几十年来的第一次。