Japan PM Ishiba survives parliament vote as Trump looms large
Tokyo, Japan Reuters Japanese lawmakers voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader on Monday, after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election last month. Ishiba, who called the snap poll after taking office on 1st October, must now run a fragile minority government as protectionist Donald […]
Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority, election outcome in balance
Tokyo, Japan Reuters 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. With all but 20 of the 465 seats accounted for, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled […]