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Japan is in political flux after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition lost its upper house majority for the first time in decades. With rising inflation, internal party unrest, and looming US tariffs,
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday’s upper house election, and a loss could worsen political instability at a time of daunting challenges, such as rising prices and high U.
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.
The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist parties surged.
Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on Sunday, the second electoral loss since coming into office last fall.
Ishiba says he intends to stay on to tackle pressing challenges so as not to create a political vacuum despite calls from inside and outside his party for a quick resignation.