In Japan, exit polls project the governing coalition will lose its majority in the upper house of parliament, piling more pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Prime Minister Ishiba leads a shaky minority government in the lower house. The right-wing populist party Sanseito – running under a “Japanese first'” platform – is projected to make strong gains. Japan’s poor economy and declining manufacturing sector has stoked anti-foreigner sentiment. Sunday’s results could lead to calls from within Ishiba’s party for him to step down or find another coalition partner.
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0:00 PM Ishiba’s fragile ruling coalition projected to lose upper house in elections
0:41 Jeffrey Hall, Political analyst, Kanda University in Japan, on Japan’s economic woes and surge in support for far-right party
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