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PM Modi Greets Japan PM Sanae Takaichi On Snap Election Victory
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi on her "landmark victory" in the elections to the House of Representatives.
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Meet The 5 Candidates Competing To Be Japan's Next Prime Minister
Japan's long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and regain public support for the struggling party to stay in power.
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Why Japan's Ruling Party, In Power For Decades, Is Now Facing Collapse?
Liberal Democratic Party has dominated Japanese politics for most of the postwar era, and its leader almost always becomes prime minister.
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Japan Political Party To Install AI Leader
An upstart Japanese political party said it will install an artificial intelligence as leader after its maverick founder quit following a disastrous showing in recent elections.
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Japan's Governing Alliance Loses Upper House Elections
The loss is another blow to Ishiba's coalition, making it a minority in both houses following its October defeat in the lower house election, and worsening Japan's political instability.
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Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's Rapidly Diminishing PM
Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister looked at risk of coming unstuck on Sunday.
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Japan's Governing Alliance Likely To Lose Upper House Elections, Exit Polls Show
The governing coalition of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is likely to lose a majority in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election Sunday, according to exit polls, worsening the country's political instability.
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After Disastrous Election, What Happens To Japan's New Prime Minister?
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition fell short of his declared "victory line" of a majority in snap parliamentary elections, media projections showed Monday.
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Japan Makes Tepid Push On Gender Gap In Politics As Election Nears
Karen Makishima is the only female running for Japan's ruling party in her 20-seat prefecture for the October 27 general election, reflecting the tough battle women face in breaking into the country's male dominated politics.
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Japan Election Campaigns Kick Off, PM Shigeru Ishiba Seeks To Retain Party's Majority
Japan Elections: Key issues include price rises, regional security, and disquiet over scandals in Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party.
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Japan Ex PM Shinzo Abe's Party Wins Election Days After His Assassination
In an election held just two days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition secured 76 seats and retained the majority in the Upper House elections.
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Japan's Upper House Poll Today Under Shadow Of Ex PM Abe's Assassination
Japanese voters cast their ballots Sunday in an upper house election, just two days after former prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail.
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Japan PM Candidates Differ On Same-Sex, Women Rights Issues
Candidates to become Japan's next prime minister all said they would have better policies to fight the pandemic, but they were split on diversity issues from same-sex marriage to married couples having separate surnames.
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Two Wheelchair-Bound Candidates Win Seats In Japan Upper House Vote
Two wheelchair-bound candidates won seats in Japan's upper house vote on Sunday, media projections showed, a sign of changing attitudes towards disabled people in a country where they have long been encouraged to stay in the shadow.
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Japan's Abe Claims Victory In Upper House Election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed victory Sunday for his ruling coalition in the upper house election, vowing to keep alive plans to amend the nation's pacifist constitution.
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PM Modi Greets Japan PM Sanae Takaichi On Snap Election Victory
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi on her "landmark victory" in the elections to the House of Representatives.
-
Meet The 5 Candidates Competing To Be Japan's Next Prime Minister
Japan's long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and regain public support for the struggling party to stay in power.
-
Why Japan's Ruling Party, In Power For Decades, Is Now Facing Collapse?
Liberal Democratic Party has dominated Japanese politics for most of the postwar era, and its leader almost always becomes prime minister.
-
Japan Political Party To Install AI Leader
An upstart Japanese political party said it will install an artificial intelligence as leader after its maverick founder quit following a disastrous showing in recent elections.
-
Japan's Governing Alliance Loses Upper House Elections
The loss is another blow to Ishiba's coalition, making it a minority in both houses following its October defeat in the lower house election, and worsening Japan's political instability.
-
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's Rapidly Diminishing PM
Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister looked at risk of coming unstuck on Sunday.
-
Japan's Governing Alliance Likely To Lose Upper House Elections, Exit Polls Show
The governing coalition of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is likely to lose a majority in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election Sunday, according to exit polls, worsening the country's political instability.
-
After Disastrous Election, What Happens To Japan's New Prime Minister?
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition fell short of his declared "victory line" of a majority in snap parliamentary elections, media projections showed Monday.
-
Japan Makes Tepid Push On Gender Gap In Politics As Election Nears
Karen Makishima is the only female running for Japan's ruling party in her 20-seat prefecture for the October 27 general election, reflecting the tough battle women face in breaking into the country's male dominated politics.
-
Japan Election Campaigns Kick Off, PM Shigeru Ishiba Seeks To Retain Party's Majority
Japan Elections: Key issues include price rises, regional security, and disquiet over scandals in Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party.
-
Japan Ex PM Shinzo Abe's Party Wins Election Days After His Assassination
In an election held just two days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition secured 76 seats and retained the majority in the Upper House elections.
-
Japan's Upper House Poll Today Under Shadow Of Ex PM Abe's Assassination
Japanese voters cast their ballots Sunday in an upper house election, just two days after former prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail.
-
Japan PM Candidates Differ On Same-Sex, Women Rights Issues
Candidates to become Japan's next prime minister all said they would have better policies to fight the pandemic, but they were split on diversity issues from same-sex marriage to married couples having separate surnames.
-
Two Wheelchair-Bound Candidates Win Seats In Japan Upper House Vote
Two wheelchair-bound candidates won seats in Japan's upper house vote on Sunday, media projections showed, a sign of changing attitudes towards disabled people in a country where they have long been encouraged to stay in the shadow.
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Japan's Abe Claims Victory In Upper House Election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed victory Sunday for his ruling coalition in the upper house election, vowing to keep alive plans to amend the nation's pacifist constitution.
