Japan faces political instability after a gamble by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to call a snap election backfired with the ruling coalition failing to win a majority in parliament for…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on October 27. TAKASHI AOYAMA/AFP The Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) setback in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, October…
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With only a handful of seats left to be declared, the governing LDP-Komeito coalition will fall short of a majority in Japan's 465-seat parliament. The two parties previously held 279…
Taro Yamamoto, head of the anti-establishment Reiwa Shinsengumi party, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2024, after polls…
Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Shigeru Ishiba. Photo: Takashi Aoyama/Pool Getty Images/AP/dpa Keystone Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by new Prime Minister Shigeru…
(Reuters) - Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalition partner may lose their majority in the lower house of parliament, raising questions about the make-up of the next government,…
TOKYO -- Japanese voters casting ballots in a lower house election on Sunday amid swirling uncertainty over the race. The focus will be on whether the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito…
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe Foreign Ministry head office is seen in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Nov. 1, 2020. Jiji Press 16:59 JST, October 27, 2024 Tokyo (Jiji Press)—The…
(Bloomberg) -- Japan faces a period of political instability after the ruling coalition failed to win a majority in parliament for the first time since 2009, setting up a race…