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Over 50% of Japan's upper house lawmakers oppose LDP-led government
A postelection survey conducted by Kyodo News showed Friday that 56.4 percent of House of Councillors members do not favor a ...
LDP Youth Division effectively tells Ishiba and party executives to go
Younger members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have effectively demanded that Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and ...
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Various tactics to force Ishiba out of power emerge within the LDP
The LDP has been thrown into a political power game between those who want Ishiba ousted immediately and those supporting him ...
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As Japan flounders, LDP hunts for a new face to lead
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looks on thin ice. AFP looks at the reasons and at who might instead helm his moribund ...
The Japan Times1d
Move to abolish gasoline tax is LDP-Komeito coalition’s first post-election test
The minority government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under pressure to quickly decide on how to respond to the ...
PM Ishiba faces resignation calls from within LDP after election loss
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday faced a barrage of criticism and calls from within his own Liberal ...
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What’s Next? Japanese Voters Hand the LDP Yet Another Loss
Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on ...
Japanese leader Ishiba vows to remain despite speculation, says he will focus on new US trade deal
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-U.S. tariff ...
Calls for official LDP lawmakers' meeting growing after Upper House election
Calls are growing in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party to convene an official decision-making meeting on Prime Minister ...
Japan’s LDP in crisis mode amid PM Ishiba’s expected exit
As rumours swirl of Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation, a leadership contest now looms that risks tearing the Liberal Democratic ...
Japan’s ruling party loses key election, complicating trade talks
The LDP’s loss in the upper house is another blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has been struggling to close a trade deal with the Trump administration.
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No further action by Ombudsman against Wrexham councillor who challenged LDP
Cllr Marc Jones ‘relieved’ after the Public Service Ombudsman for Wales cleared him of breaching the members’ Code of Conduct ...