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Ishiba’s premiership put to the test as rice prices double last month
Rice prices in the country soared 99.2% in June year-on-year, official data showed, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.
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Japanese Premier Ishiba eyes fresh talks with Trump over tariffs
Tokyo and Washington have yet to agree on tariff deal as US President Trump's announced deadline of Aug. 1 draws closer - ...
Japan PM Ishiba adopts hardline rhetoric as polls threaten his job
Ishiba, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party, has intensified his rhetoric on issues appealing to conservatives, a core LDP ...
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Japan rice prices double, raising pressure on PM Ishiba
Prices soar 99.2% in June year-on-year as support for Shigeru Ishiba sinks to a record low ahead of weekend polls.
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Japanese PM Ishiba has so far failed to resonate with voters
TOKYO -- When Shigeru Ishiba ran for Japan's prime minister in the autumn of 2024, some voters hoped that the quiet yet sharp ...
Will Japan see a new PM soon? Polls suggest Ishiba unlikely to pass this week’s election test
The recent surveys indicate that the LDP and the smaller Komeito party’s coalition could lose popular support and the upper ...
Japan: Far-right parties play immigration card ahead of vote
As Japan prepares to vote for the House of Councilors, right-wing politicians are challenging PM Shigeru Ishiba over ...
Japan's markets brace for election impact on JGBs, yen
Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in memory and a possible defeat for the coalition of Prime ...