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Japan's snap election backfires on ruling party

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Nita Blake-Persen
October 28, 2024

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had hoped a snap election would galvanize support. Instead, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) received an extremely harsh verdict from the public.

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