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Ishiba, Japan

Japan's PM Ishiba to quit after election drubbing and Trump trade deal, source

By Tim Kelly, Satoshi Sugiyama and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat, a source told Reuters, as the embattled premier announced a long-sought trade deal with U.

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Growing pressure on Japan's Ishiba to resign after election trouncing

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Japan's Ishiba says he will decide on resignation over election loss after studying US tariff deal

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Japan PM Ishiba denies reports saying he may resign soon, says he wants to oversee U.S. tariff deal

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he will make a decision on resigning over a historic defeat of his ruling party in a weekend election after closely studying the tariff deal just struck wit...

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Japan's PM denies he plans to quit after election drubbing

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Japanese PM Ishiba Rejects Resignation Rumors Amid LDP Election Defeat

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Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba dismisses reports that he will step down next month

Mr Ishiba responded cautiously when asked about the impact of the deal on his political future.

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Speculation swirls about Japan PM's future

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Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba to Resign After Election Defeat

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How Japan's election outcome muddles the BOJ's policy path

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated while potentially prolonged political paralysis and a global trade war provide compelling reasons to go slow on rate hikes.

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Japan’s upper house election result foreshadows political upheavals

The ruling LDP has only been able to remain in office as a minority government as a result of the deep divisions among the opposition parties—between the far-right and the nominally liberal parties.

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.

Japan PM laments ‘harsh’ election result as upper house control slips

Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, potentially heralding political turmoil as a tariff deadline with the United States looms.

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'Japanese First' party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support with warnings of a "silent invasion" of immigrants.

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How a far-right ‘Japanese First’ party made big election gains

Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms.

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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.”

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Japan election result sours hedge funds’ yen options bets

Hedge funds that bet the yen would materially weaken following last weekend’s Japanese election were left disappointed after prime minister Shigeru Ishiba announced he would stay on, despite his ruling coalition party losing control of the country’s upper house.