TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling party and its junior partner lost their majority in Sunday's parliamentary electionThe loss, much bigger than expected, is bad news for…
Amember of staff hands flyers with picture of Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba before his election campaign speech in Tokyo on October 26, 2024. Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty…
The steady course of the Japanese economy and business environment that has helped attract a torrent of investment in the past two years could be undercut by the political turmoil…
For years, Japan has managed to resist the populist waves that have swept Europe and the United States as disaffected electorates have demanded radical change.But as voters handed the long-standing…
JAPAN'S RULING coalition failed in lower-house elections on October 27th to secure a majority in parliament for the first time since 2009. This stunning rebuke of the long-dominant Liberal Democratic…
The political dominance of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has been remarkable.Despite incessant internal jockeying that has often led to a revolving door of leaders (a problem that remains), the party…
Sunday's snap election was the governing party's worst result in 15 years, exit polls and media showed.Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to stay in office despite receiving a…
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…
Japan's scandal-hit ruling party fell short of a majority for the first time since 2009 in snap elections on Sunday, media projections showed, in a blow to new Prime Minister…
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba' s coalition ruling lost a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election Sunday, a punishment by voters' outrage…