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Japan PM laments ‘harsh’ election result as upper house control slips

Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, ...

How Japan's election outcome muddles the BOJ's policy path

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba vows to stay on after bruising election defeat

The embattled prime minister said he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with the United States and other pressing ...

How did a right-wing populist party that began on YouTube win big in Japan’s recent election?

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...

Japan ruling party's election loss is in the price, investors say

Japanese markets were closed for a holiday, but the rise in the yen and Nikkei futures showed investors had already priced in ...

World markets are mixed and Japan’s shares dip after election leaves Ishiba’s future in doubt

World markets are mixed after U.S. stock indexes hit new records. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures were little changed.

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 ...

Sell the dollar versus the yen following Japan's election, says Nomura

The downside risk to the USD/JPY exchange rate has become greater since Japan's election and traders should short the cross with a target of 142. That's according to a new note by a team of forex ...
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Asia Minute: Japan's election surprise

Japan's prime minister is clinging to power today, but his outlook remains uncertain. This follows a weekend election that ...