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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 ...
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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Growing pressure on Japan's Ishiba to resign after election trouncing
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after his coalition lost its majority in the upper house election over the weekend, local media reported.
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 ...
Behind Japan’s trade deal: 8 rounds of talks and ‘hurrying slowly’
A deal was seen as critical to the survival of Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s prime minister. But after seven rounds of negotiations ...
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 ...
A loss for Ishiba could worsen Japan’s instability in the face of US tariffs and rising prices
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a critical test in Sunday’s upper house election. A loss could deepen political ...
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Japan's Ruling Party Loses Grip As Trump Tariff Deadline Looms: What Happens Next?
The road to Japan’s trade deal with the U.S. just got longer and more winding as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s coalition ...