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‘PUBLIC INTEGRITY’ The LDP has been haemorrhaging support as backing grows for smaller parties – including the anti-immigration Sanseito – and it is in a minority in both chambers, even with Komeito.In the powerful Lower House, the LDP has 196 seats, the CDP 148, the DPP 27 and Komeito 24. Takaichi needs a majority of 233 seats in her favour to be appointed by parliament, which appears difficult given the numbers.However, experts say she could still win if opposition parties fail to agree on an alternative candidate. Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito said on Friday his fellow members would nominate him instead of…
A series of earthquakes struck Johor in late August, with magnitudes ranging from 2.5 to…
Tokyo-listed Advantest gained more than 2 per cent and Renesas more than 4 per cent,…
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s dengue outbreak is worsening rapidly with infections and deaths climbing sharply across the…
Her incoming Cabinet will also face a divided Diet (Japan’s parliament), where the LDP lacks…
Eli Lilly will invest more than US$1 billion in India in the coming years to…
Floods and landslides unleashed by unrelenting rain in India’s eastern hill region of Darjeeling and…
BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday (Oct 6) ordered urgent relief efforts after…
POLITICAL STABILITY AND FRAGILE MANDATEJapan has long been known for its “revolving door” leadership, with…
PH, BN, GRS, and Warisan, however, are working together at the federal level. Parti Pribumi Bersatu…
HONG KONG: Tokyo stocks surged almost 5 per cent to a record high on Monday…
JAKARTA: The death toll from the collapse of a school in Indonesia last week has…
South Korea-based SI Analytics reported in September that satellite imagery showed North Korea finally installing…
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