At an October 28th press conference, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba However, Ishiba, who leads the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), should accept responsibility by gracefully resigning. The Prime Minister had just…
New Delhi: Japan's ruling LDP has lost heavily for the first time in its history in the backdrop of major local grievances. The political uncertainty may slow down certain Indian…
New Delhi: Japan's ruling LDP has lost heavily for the first time in its history in the backdrop of major local grievances. The political uncertainty may slow down certain Indian…
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…
Japan risks entering a renewed phase of policy stasis just as the world prepares for the possible return of Donald Trump to the White House — and the pressure that…
Japan's electorate spoke in the nation's 50th general election on Sunday, October 27, and the results are surely not to the ruling parties' liking. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had called…
But with the LDP having just held its largest, longest election to find a new figurehead, it's unclear if there will be the appetite to go again. The party is…
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Japanese elections are usually staid affairs. However, the snap polls called by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on October 27 were no boring affair. It has, in fact, shaken up Japanese…
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…
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…