Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist undercurrents in a political moment demanding clarity and strength.

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Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba dismisses reports that he will step down next month - The 68-year old leader said media reports that he had already decided to resign were ‘completely unfounded’

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan.

In Sunday's House of Councillors election, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling bloc were harshly chastised by voters for the third time in the past year.

A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, under growing pressure to step down over the historic loss of his ruling party in a weekend election, says he will decide on whether to resign after closely stu

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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how Japan ’s election results could hamper U.S. trade talks, Israeli forces attacking Gaza ’s main humanitarian aid hub, and a deadly plane crash in Bangladesh.

Japanese Premier Shigeru Ishiba vowed to remain in his post on Monday after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising defeat in upper house elections, prompting some in his own party to doubt his leadership as the opposition weighed a no-confidence motion.