Japan’s longtime ruling party has lost its majority for the first time in 15 years at Sunday's national election, prompting concerns about the world's fourth-largest economy and the uncertainty over the make-up of the next government, per Reuters. 

According to NHK, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito won just 215 of the lower house's 465 seats, falling short of the 233 required for a majority. The main opposition, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) won 148 seats, a significant increase from 98.