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The election debacle comes only months after Shigeru Ishiba's coalition was forced into a minority government in the more ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future was uncertain after his coalition appeared to have disastrously lost its ...
The result is the second dismal election showing for Ishiba since he became premier last October, even though the coalition’s ...
From Willem Thorbecke, Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan Leo Lewis’s column was thought-provoking as always (“A weak yen is the root of Japan’s lurch to ...
Voters angry at inflation turned to other parties, notably the "Japanese first" Sanseito, which made strong gains with its ...
If the current ruling party loses its majority, the country’s waters could become uncharted at a critical time.
TOKYO -- The Japanese public voted on Sunday to determine the makeup of the nation's upper house, in a crucial vote for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whose coalition is fighting to hold on to its ...
Exit polls suggest that Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito will secure only 32 to 51 ...
Germany's GfK consumer sentiment index is scheduled for Thursday. It is followed by Friday's release of the Ifo economic sentiment index, as well as Italy's consumer and business confidence and France ...
The ruling LDP coalition may lose its upper house majority.