AP Explains: What does a shocking parliamentary loss for Japan’s long-ruling party mean?
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s long-reigning coalition lost a majority in the parliamentary election, underscoring voters’ outrage over the party’s extensive financial scandals.
What Comes Next for Japan’s Ruling Party After Its Election Setback
Japan is entering a period of political uncertainty following an Oct. 27 election where the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner lost their majority in parliament for the first time since a vote in 2009.
Japan’s Long-Governing Party Loses Its Majority
The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power.
Japan’s ruling party poised to lose power over scandals and soaring inflation
Japan’s scandal-ridden ruling party looks certain to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time in 15 years.
Japan’s Ruling Party Is Reeling, After Losing Its Majority in the Diet
Political crisis could hardly have occurred at a worse time as government’s decision to call elections backfires.
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party to lose parliamentary majority in snap election, exit polls show
The election is expected to shake up the ruling’s Liberal Democratic Party’s majority hold in the lower house.
Japan’s long-ruling party loses its majority
The Liberal Democratic Party, which has been in power almost continuously since 1955, lost its majority in parliamentary elections Oct. 27.
Japan's Ruling Coalition Loses Majority, Election Outcome in Balance
Japan's ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a drubbing at Sunday's national election, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the next government and the outlook for the world's fourth-largest economy.
Election Shock: Japan's Ruling LDP Coalition Loses Grip on Lower House Majority
In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to maintain its majority in the country's lower house in yesterday's general election.
Japan's ruling coalition loses a majority in the lower house, creating political uncertainty
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition has lost a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election Sunday
Japan plunged into political uncertainty after voters deliver dramatic defeat to longtime ruling party
Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the country’s longtime ruling party in elections Sunday, plunging the world’s ...
Global Markets Rise as Japan's Ruling Party Loses Majority, Yen Dips
Global shares rise, buoyed by a weakened yen and Japan's recent parliamentary elections, when the ruling party lost its ...
Japan’s Indispensable Political Party Is Faltering
The Liberal Democrats, long the guiding force for Japan, are in disarray just when their country needs them the most.
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Japan’s long-ruling party loses majority in stunning election defeat
SEOUL — Japan’s ruling party on Sunday lost its parliamentary ... of an unusual period of political disarray for a key ...
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How did Japan’s popular Liberal Democratic Party crash out in Sunday’s election? A look back at its successes and scandals
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is one of the democratic world’s most successful parties, a one-size-fits-all ...
When Japan's Predictable Politics Go Awry
The LDP has governed for almost all of Japan's postwar period, but here are examples of times it has lost power or needed to rely on other parties. Dashing opinion polls that it would win comfortably, ...
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What next after Japanese election
Freshly named Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will likely have to form a new coalition government after his ruling party took a ...