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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 ...

Japan risks policy paralysis after ruling coalition's upper house election loss

CNBC's Martin Soong, Chery Kang, and Kaori Enjoji discuss how the ruling coalition's defeat in Japan's upper house election ...
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Japan’s PM Ishiba Weighs Resignation After Election Blow, Says Will Decide After Reviewing US Tariff Deal

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he will decide on resigning after reviewing a new US-Japan tariff deal, following his coalition’s upper house election defeat.

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 ...

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 ...

Japan’s Ishiba says he’ll stay in office to tackle inflation and US tariffs despite election loss

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high U.S. tariffs after a weekend election defeat left his ...

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 an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday’s upper house election, and a loss could ...

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 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 ...

Japanese Leader Ishiba Vows to Remain Despite Speculation, Says He Will Focus on New US Trade Deal

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-U.S. tariff agreement ...