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Japan's ruling coalition gov't loses majority in Upper House
Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and his Liberal Democratic Party were projected to lose their majority coalition government in ...
Yen Jumps As Governing Coalition Loses Majority In Upper House
The US dollar begins the new week with a softer bias, but it still needs to run the North American gauntlet, which has tended ...
Japan's shaky government loses control in upper house election
ABC News' Britt Clennett reports on the impacts of the parliamentary election and tariff negotiations with the U.S.
Ishiba's coalition loses majority in Japan's upper house election
Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...
SDP retains party status in Japan upper house race with anti-discrimination message
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) secured 2% of votes in the July 20 House of Councillors proportional representation bloc, ...
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Upper House election confirms inexorable decline of voting blocs
The listless performance of established parties such as the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito in Sunday’s Upper House ...
'Japanese First' party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk
The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...
Double whammy for Japan: Decline of Ishiba’s LDP, and rise of far right
After back-to-back defeats in both houses—a historic first in 70 years for the Liberal Democratic Party—the latest Upper ...
Editorial: As Japan enters new multiparty ruling era, cooperation needed to avert dysfunction
Japanese politics has reached a major turning point. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito suffered a crushing ...
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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 ...
Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba vows to stay on after bruising election defeat
The embattled prime minister said he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with the United States and other pressing ...
Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns: How will the next vice president be elected? Who will chair Rajya Sabha?
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s surprise resignation has sparked buzz about his successor. While there is no fixed deadline, the elections to fill the vacancy have to be held ‘as soon as possible’.