A party’s seven-decade dominance raises concerns for Japan’s democracy
The Liberal Democratic Party has ruled Japan for all but four of the past 69 years, leading some to ask whether its ...
Japan's incoming PM Ishiba calls election, seeks to unify party
STORY: Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said Monday (September 30) he's calling a snap general election on ...
Stocks in Japan Tumble After Party’s Election of New Prime Minister
Stocks dropped after Japan’s governing party chose Shigeru Ishiba, a critic of the country’s longstanding ultralow interest ...
Japan's incoming PM Ishiba calls election for Oct 27, seeks to unify party
Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, will fill key party posts on Monday followed by a new Cabinet on Tuesday as ...
LDP's Ishiba picks veterans, ex-PMs as execs for divided ruling party
Japan's new ruling party leader Shigeru Ishiba selected seasoned lawmakers for its executive posts on Monday, following a ...
52% in Japan have expectations for new PM, 33% support ruling party: Mainichi poll
Fifty-two percent of respondents to a weekend Mainichi Shimbun poll said that they expect Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected ...
Liberal Media Scream: Latinos like Trump because they ‘want to be white’
On "The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart," NPR’s Maria Hinojosa ripped Latinos for abandoning the Democratic Party.
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Ishiba picks veterans, ex-PMs as execs for divided ruling party
Japan's new ruling party leader Shigeru Ishiba selected seasoned lawmakers for its executive posts on Monday, following a ...
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Japan’s incoming PM Ishiba calls election for October 27, seeks to unify party
Japan's general election, which will come a year early and ahead of the US presidential election in November, will decide ...
Japan’s new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba to call snap election as he seeks to turn round party’s fortunes
An Ishiba ally, Takeshi Iwaya – a former defence chief – will become foreign minister, while Gen Nakatani is set to return as ...
Japan's Nikkei Plunges Over 4% After Ishiba Elected Ruling Party Leader
Japan's key Nikkei index fell over four percent on Monday after former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba was elected head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.