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Japan PM to stay in office after drubbing
The Morning Standard
|July 22, 2025
JAPANESE Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high US tariffs after a weekend election defeat left his coalition with a minority in both parliamentary chambers and triggered calls for his resignation.
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Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short of three seats to maintain a majority in the 248-seat upper house in Sunday's vote. Though the LDP is still the leading party, its ruling coalition is now a minority in both houses of the Diet, or parliament, which makes it dif
This story is from the July 22, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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