US EditionJapan heads to polls in key test for PM Ishiba
JAPAN, JUL 20 – Ruling coalition must win 50 of 125 contested seats to maintain majority amid voter frustration over inflation and immigration, with right-wing populist Sanseito gaining support.
- Tokyo, July 20, 2025, voting is underway for the House of Councillors election, which could affect Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future, Jiji Press reports.
- Opinion polls suggest Ishiba's coalition may lose its majority, a result that might push him to resign.
- Making inroads, the "Japanese-first" Sanseito may increase its seat count from two to over 10, and it wants stricter rules and limits on immigration.
- After the vote, markets tumbled and it became extremely difficult for Ishiba to continue managing his administration, local media reported.
- After the election, Japan faces August 1 deadline to strike a trade deal with the United States, or 25% tariffs on Japanese imports will take effect, as the US-imposed tariffs loom.
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Japanese PM stays on to tackle high inflation and US tariffs despite a key election loss
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who faced a major defeat in a key election for the smaller of Japan’s two-chamber parliament, said Monday he will stay on to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high U.S. tariffs. Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a majority in the 248-seat upper house in Sunday’s vote. The coalition is now a minority in…
Hedge funds dumped Japanese stocks ahead of upper house election, says Goldman
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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives the receipt for his government's hesitant policy.
Japan's ruling coalition loses upper house in election
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and its partner, Komeito, both part of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition, lost control of the upper house in the election on Sunday, July 20, NHK reported. Maintaining control was Ishiba's main goal in this election, but he told the media that he intends to stay in his role nonetheless. The prime minister and the ruling coalition also lost the lower house in October, Reuters wrote, putting Ishiba a…
This Sunday the citizens of Japan will decide, through a vote, the seats of the upper house. According to DW, the citizens will vote for just over half of the 248 seats in the Upper House of the Japanese Parliament.The Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and their allied Komeito party, needed to obtain at least 50 of those seats in order to maintain their majority. However, the popularity of the PL has declined main…
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