TOKYO-Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party( LDP) managed to retain its majority in Parliament in a general election on Sunday( Oct 31) but the result might leave his government weakened. The ruling LDP is expected to win up to 253 seats, according to a forecast by public broadcaster NHK, sharply down from the 276 seats that it held previously. The LDP and its coalition partner, Komeito, are forecast to win up to 288 seats-down from the 305 they jointly held previously