According to Shoki Omori from Mizuho Securities, Ishiba’s post-election remarks indicate he has no plans to resign. Many in the ruling LDP are also hesitant to initiate a leadership contest while U.S. tariff talks remain unresolved and party approval …
“I continue to have a number of duties I must fulfill for the nation, including achieving wage growth that exceeds inflation, achieving gross domestic product of a quadrillion yen, and responding to an increasingly tense security environment,” Ishiba said. …
"Ishiba will try to govern with support from some within the opposition, but this likely means a looser fiscal policy and is not good news for bond yields," said Rodrigo Catril, a senior FX strategist at NAB.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he intended to stay on even as his ruling coalition suffered a historic setback in an upper house election on Sunday, an outcome that may further unsettle markets. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party along with …
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday said, "We must humbly and sincerely accept the results of this election," a day after the ruling coalition's defeat in an upper house election, while also formally expressing his …
The Yomiuri Shimbun Police officers perform a skit about how to escape a bear at Higashiyama Elementary School in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on Thursday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 13:28 JST, July 21, 2025 ICHINOSEKI, Iwate — Children learned how to avoid …
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