CoinVoice has recently learned that the counting of votes for the Japanese Senate election has been completed, and the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito has lost its majority in the Senate.

In this election and by-election for 125 seats, the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito secured a total of 47 seats. Adding the 75 seats that both parties hold in non-election seats, the ruling coalition has a total of 122 seats, which is fewer than the 141 seats before the election. Following the loss of a majority in the House of Representatives last year, the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito has again lost its majority in the Senate. This means that both chambers of the Japanese Diet are now experiencing a "minority rule" situation. [Original link]