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Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba vows to stay on

Japan's Ishiba Says He'll Stay in Office to Tackle Inflation and US Tariffs Despite Election Loss

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high U.S. tariffs after a weekend election defeat left his coalition with a min...

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Japan PM Ishiba to Decide His Future After Assessing Tariff Talks Progress, Yomiuri Says

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Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba vows to stay on after bruising election defeat

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Japanese PM stays on to tackle high inflation and US tariffs despite a key election loss

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who faced a major defeat in a key election for the smaller of Japan’s two-chamber parliament, said Monday he will stay on to tackle challenges such as rising pr...

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Japan election: what will happen to trade deal with the US?

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Morning Bid: Yen bounces as Japan PM hangs on

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‘Make Ishiba Go Away’: Japan’s LDP reels after historic defeat

The LDP and Komeito, its coalition partner, are expected to seek co-operation with other parties on a policy-by-policy basis, a strategy that could prove a recipe for instability.

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Japan could be in a weaker position in trade talks after Ishiba's upper house defeat, experts say

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Shares steady, yen up as markets unfazed by Japanese politics

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BOJ sees trade deal as raising chance of meeting inflation goal

Japan's trade deal with the U.S. has reduced uncertainty surrounding the economy, the central bank's deputy governor Shinichi Uchida said, signaling optimism that conditions for resuming interest rate hikes may start to fall in place.

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Japan's core inflation cools in June as expected, coming down from 29-month high as rice prices ease

Japan's core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as rice inflation showed signs of easing. The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was in line with the 3.3% expected by economists polled by Reuters. Headline inflation in the country dropped to 3.3%, coming down from 3.5% in May.

Bank of Japan deputy chief signals further rate hikes

Mr Uchida’s remarks came hours after US President Donald Trump said that he has struck a “massive” trade deal with Japan. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Buyers flee Japanese bonds as political, fiscal risks rise

Japanese government bonds tumbled on Wednesday, sending benchmark yields to near 17-year highs, as traders priced in increased political risks and a hazy outlook for the central bank's policy normalisation path.

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Japan PM plans to resign after election debacle: local media

Having done a trade deal with US President Donald Trump, Japan's prime minister will soon announce his resignation, reports said Wednesday, after his latest election debacle left his coalition

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A ‘Roasting the Japanese Government Deserves’

The election Sunday is about inflation that has been running between 3.5 percent and 4 percent.

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Japan's core inflation slows but stays above BOJ target, keeps hike bets alive

Japan's core inflation slowed in June but stayed above the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, highlighting lingering price pressures that back market expectations for further interest rate rises.

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A populist party that began on YouTube helped disrupt Japan’s ruling coalition

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political class dismissed as out of touch.

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Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S.

Japan’s inability to lift inflation is “one of the biggest unsolved challenges in the profession,” said Mark Gertler, a professor of economics at New York University who has studied the issue.

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How Japan's election outcome muddles the BOJ's policy path

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated while potentially prolonged political paralysis and a global trade war provide compelling reasons to go slow on rate hikes.