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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 parties surged.

CNN on MSN · 9h

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 pandemic and campaigned on the Trumpian message “Japanese First.”

U.S. News & World Report · 10h

Japan PM Vows to Stay on After Bruising Election Defeat

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising defeat in upper house elections on Sunday as some of his own party discussed his future and the opposition weighed a no-confidence motion.

Japan, Upper House and ruling coalition

Statista on MSN · 33m

Ruling LDP Coalition Loses Control of Japan's Upper House

This chart shows the seat distribution in the Japanese upper house after and previous to the 2025 election.

Anadolu Agency · 11m

EXPLAINER – Where is Japan headed to after ruling coalition’s electoral losses

Prime Minister Shigeur Ishiba likely to lead minority Cabinet amid 'national crisis' of inflation, tariffs talks with US - Anadolu Ajansı

UPI on MSN · 5h

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.

30mon MSN

Japanese prime minister refuses resignation calls after election loss due to Trump’s Aug. 1 tariff deal deadline

Japanese Premier Shigeru Ishiba on Monday revealed plans to stay in office to provide “stability” and tackle economic concerns after his ruling coalition saw striking losses in the country’s upper ...

The Japan Times5hOpinion

Conservatives win big in Japan — just not the Liberal Democratic Party

Sunday's election marks the first time the once-proud party has lost a majority in both houses since its foundation in 1955.

15hOpinion

Japan’s Leader Has Lost His ‘Mandate of Heaven’

Shigeru Ishiba is clinging on to power after the latest rebuke from the electorate. With crucial trade talks on the line, ...

8hon MSN

The rise of the far-right 'Japanese First' party

It won its first seat in the upper house in 2022, following a campaign in which it fashioned itself as an "anti-globalist" party. Supporters at rallies spoke of a world where a cabal of globalists and ...

8hon MSN

Sanseito, the ‘Japanese first’ party that emerged through YouTube during Covid-19, deals big blow to Japan PM Ishiba’s coalition

In a significant political shift, Prime Minister Ishiba's coalition lost its majority in Japan's upper house, marking the ...

Inquirer on MSN14h

Japan’s ruling party suffers stunning defeat as Trump-style populists surge in historic election upset

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s future is unclear after his coalition appeared to have disastrously lost its upper ...

‘Japanese-first’ party Sanseito denies ties with Russia

The right-wing party is riding a wave of support for its platform opposing globalism, immigration. Read more at ...

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