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Japan's PM vows to stay on despite bruising election loss
Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority in the country's upper house, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he ...
Ishiba's coalition loses majority in Japan's upper house election
Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime ...
Japan's PM Shigeru Ishiba set to announce resignation next month after upper house election loss, new trade deal with US
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to announce that he will step down from the top job, according to local media.
Japan's Ishiba could resign in August, local media reports
The reports come after Trump announced a trade deal with Japan, and days after Ishiba’s governing coalition lost its majority ...
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 ...
Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right
The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...
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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 ...