The ruling coalition is walking a fine line as to whether it can secure the 56 seats needed for it to retain a majority in July's House of Councilors election, a survey showed Saturday.
The Liberal Democratic Party, the main opposition power, has a good chance to garner about 45 seats against its current 38 that will be contested in the poll, in which half of the upper chamber's 242 seats are up for grabs. Meanwhile, other opposition parties could struggle to hang onto their seats and the relatively new Your Party may leap to seven seats from none.