Japan PM Ishiba vows to stay on after bruising election defeat • FRANCE 24 English

Japan's government was delivered a stinging blow in elections for the National Diet's upper house on Sunday, losing control of both houses for the first time since its foundation in 1955. Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and allies fell just short in an election that saw a notable breakthrough for a populist anti-immigrant far-right party.
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