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Factbox-Who could replace Japan's Ishiba as leader of the ruling party?

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce his resignation by the end of next month, media said on Wednesday, following a bruising defeat in an upper house election. That step would trigger a leadership race in his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),

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Japan’s ruling party projected to lose majority in upper house of parliament

The LDP’s election loss would be another blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has been struggling to close a trade deal with the Trump administration.

UPI News on MSN · 1d

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 Japan's Upper House of Parliament on Monday.

Japan, Ishiba and Resign

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Japan’s Ishiba says he will decide on resignation over election loss after studying US tariff deal

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, under growing pressure to step down over the historic loss of his ruling party in a weekend election, says he will decide on whether to resign after closely studying the tariff deal just struck with the United States.

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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 in the country’s upper house.

U.S. News & World Report · 5h

Japan Prime Minister Ishiba to Resign, Mainichi Newspaper Reports

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has made up his mind to resign, Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Mariko Katsumura; Editing by Himani Sarkar) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

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 ...

How a far-right ‘Japanese First’ party made big election gains

Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms ...

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Buyers flee Japanese bonds as political, fiscal risks rise

Japanese government bonds tumbled on Wednesday, sending benchmark yields to near 17-year highs, as traders priced in ...

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Far-right Sanseito party wins shock electoral gains in Japan on anti-foreigner platform

A once fringe opposition party in Japan has become the fourth largest in parliament by pushing a nationalist "Japanese First" ...

Trump-inspired 'Japanese First' party gains ground in Japan

Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's ...

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Why a far-right party in Japan made big gains

Japan's far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election, attracting ...

Young Voters Are Pulling Japan to the Right. But How Far?

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age ...

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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 ...

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How did a right-wing populist party that began on YouTube win big in Japan’s recent election?

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...

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'Japanese First' party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election on Sunday, gaining support with warnings of a "silent invasion" of immigrants, and pledges for ...

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