The official residence of the Governor-General was originally a humble farmhouse built in the 1830s. The Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General pays respect to the NgunnawalВ people and their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Government House stands on the traditional land of the Ngunnawal people. Two open days are held annually (in Autumn and Spring) and over 25,000 school children visit Government House each year to learn about the role of the Governor-General. In an average year, Government House hosts over 100 events, bringing together over 50,000 Australians from across the country. Government House is where Prime Ministers and Ministers are sworn in to office, international leaders are welcomed and where the achievements of AustraliaвЂ™s most outstanding citizens are officially acknowledged. In addition to serving as a residence, the house and grounds, which span over 130 acres,В are used by the Governor-General to fulfil his role as AustraliaвЂ™s Head of State and Commander-in-Chief. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka Editing by Lincoln Feast.Government House is the official residence of the Governor-General. The LDP and Komeito held nearly two-thirds of the seats in the lower house which was dissolved last week. Kishida has said he aims to win a simple majority for the ruling coalition. So, other measures such as a major cabinet reshuffle could take place, instead.' 'Having said that, they will probably be reluctant to change a premier within a year yet again. If the LDP loses more than that, doubts could come forth within the LDP regarding whether they can fight the upper house election next year under Mr. 'I believe the threshold will be around 30 seats. Political analyst Atsuo Ito said declines for the LDP should come as no surprise after its huge win in 2017, but a major loss of seats will be a destabilising factor within the ruling party. The LDP's own survey revealed Yamagiwa was only slightly ahead of his CDPJ rival and Reconstruction Minister Kosaburo Nishime was neck-and-neck with a CDPJ candidate in their respective districts, AERA dot. The LDP clinched a strong victory in the previous lower house election in 2017 under Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, who stepped down last year due to health issues.Д®ven some incumbent members of the Kishida cabinet such as Economy Minister Daishiro Yamagiwa are fighting very tough races against opposition candidates, said AERA dot., a web media run by an Asahi Shimbun subsidiary. Other papers including the Mainichi and the Yomiuri dailies said the ruling bloc was likely to win a simple majority, or 233 seats or more, although the LDP is expected to suffer some setbacks. In the latest survey, 7% of the respondents said they planned to vote for Komeito, up from 5% in the previous poll, while the percentage of those who intended to vote for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ), the largest opposition, was unchanged from the previous poll at 13%. 4 after Suga's popularity sank as he struggled to contain a fifth wave of coronavirus infections.ДЄ survey by the Asahi Shimbun daily showed 38% of those polled intended to vote for Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), down from 41% in the previous survey conducted earlier this month. Kishida took over from Yoshihide Suga as leader of the world's third-largest economy on Oct. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida aims to win a clear voter mandate to press ahead with his coronavirus response and steps to reinvigorate the pandemic-hit economy, but weak election results could turn him into another short-term premier.

31 lower house election, but the ruling coalition it forms with the Komeito party is expected to maintain a majority, several newspapers said on Thursday, citing their poll results. TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Liberal Democratic Party will likely lose some seats in the Oct.

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