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Japan's Ishiba says he will decide on resignation over election loss after studying US tariff deal
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, under growing pressure to step down over the historic loss of his ruling party in a ...
Japan's PM vows to stay on despite bruising election loss
Exit polls from an election in Japan project the ruling coalition is set to lose its majority, putting the country's Prime ...
Japanese ruling coalition loses its upper house majority
The ruling LDP and its junior partner Komeito both suffered significant losses amid widespread concerns over the rising cost ...
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Move to abolish gasoline tax is LDP-Komeito coalition’s first post-election test
The minority government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under pressure to quickly decide on how to respond to the ...
Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority in upper house election
The loss is another blow to the coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who could face calls from his party to step ...
A loss for Ishiba could worsen Japan’s instability in the face of US tariffs and rising prices
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a critical test in Sunday’s upper house election. A loss could deepen political ...
Can Ishiba hold on after election loss as Japan’s political crisis deepens amid US tariff threats?
Japan is in political flux after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition lost its upper house majority for the first ...
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What’s Next? Japanese Voters Hand the LDP Yet Another Loss
Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on ...
Japan votes in a key election as Prime Minister Ishiba faces a possible loss
Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime ...
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The ruling coalition needed 50 seats to retain control of the 248-seat upper chamber. It ended up with 47.
Japan’s ruling coalition has lost its majority in the country’s upper house, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he ...