News list for "Shigeru Ishiba's statement"

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister, expressed his desire to remain in power in a television programme on the night of the upper house election. "The situation [in the election] is grim and must be accepted with humility and sincerity," Mr. Ishiba said in a special programme broadcast by the NHK on the evening of the 20th. According to exit polls released by Japanese media, the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito will struggle to maintain a majority of the seats in th...

2025-07-20 17:42:22