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Japan PM laments ‘harsh’ election result as upper house control slips
Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, ...
Japan could be in a weaker position in trade talks after Ishiba's upper house defeat, experts say
Japan's embattled prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, fresh off a crushing defeat in upper house elections over the weekend, will ...
Japan's shaky government loses upper house control
TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further ...
Japan's ruling coalition gov't loses majority in Upper House
Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and his Liberal Democratic Party were projected to lose their majority coalition government in ...
Over 50% of Japan's upper house lawmakers oppose LDP-led government
A postelection survey conducted by Kyodo News showed Friday that 56.4 percent of House of Councillors members do not favor a ...
Ishiba's coalition loses majority in Japan's upper house election
Ishiba said the coalition's poor showing was because his government’s measures to combat price increases had yet to reach ...
Japanese government facing setback in upper house vote
Japan's ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has suffered another setback ...
Japan’s Ishiba vows to stay on despite ruling coalition’s loss in upper house election
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition failed to secure a majority in the 248-seat upper house in a ...
Japan’s minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year’s snap election.