Japan business groups hail ruling LDP's lower house majority in election

TOKYO - Japan's influential business lobbies on Sunday welcomed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's securing of a majority in the day's House of Representatives election.

Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, called on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration to "exercise strong leadership based on the deep trust of the people to swiftly and steadily implement important policies."