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12:20 a.m. The LDP failed to win a single seat in the Osaka district, where four seats were up for election, marking the first time the ruling party failed to capture a seat there in 27 years. The ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition has lost its majority in the upper house of parliament ...

TOKYO] Japan’s ruling coalition is certain to lose control of the upper house in Sunday’s election, public broadcaster NHK ...

Exit polls suggest that Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito will secure only 32 to 51 ...

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