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Nikkei Asia
25-07-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Through the Lens: Japan's upper house election; summer festivals in Kyoto and Fukuoka
In the election for the upper house of Japan's parliament, the ruling coalition failed to win the 50 seats it needed to maintain its majority, leaving Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a precarious position without a majority in either chamber of the Diet. The poor showing may force Ishiba from office. Sohei Kamiya, the leader of Japan's Sanseito party, speaks to supporters at an event on the last day of campaigning for the upper house election, at Shiba Park in Tokyo, on July 19. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters) Sanseito supporters raise their fists during an event on the last day of campaigning for Japan's July 20 upper house election, at Shiba Park in Tokyo, on July 19. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters) Voters walk past a candidate bulletin board at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi) A voter casts his ballot in Japan's upper house election at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Koji Uema) People vote in Japan's upper house election at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Koji Uema) Election officials open ballot boxes at a counting center in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Manami Yamada/Reuters) Election officials count votes in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Manami Yamada/Reuters) An election official carries a ballot box during Japan's upper house election, at a counting center in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Manami Yamada/Reuters) Members of the media gather at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita) Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya, right, and upper house candidate Saya place a victory flower next to her name in Tokyo, after she won her upper house race on July 20. (Photo by Rie Ishii) Leader of the Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) Yuichiro Tamaki, left, and the party's secretary-general, Shimba Kazuya, stand in front of a board with the names of DPFP candidates in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, listens to a question from a journalist at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo Mayumi Tsumita) Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister, takes part in an interview at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita) Rosettes to indicate election victories go unused at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 21. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita) Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a news conference at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on July 21, the day after the ruling coalition lost its majority in Japan's upper house. (Photo by Sae Kamae) Two of Japan's most colorful summer festivals were held recently, the Gion Festival in Kyoto and the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in Fukuoka. On July 17, the Yamahoko procession, the highlight of the Gion Festival in Kyoto, was held. About 20 ornately decorated "Yamahoko," or "moving museums," made their way through the center of the city. In Fukuoka, the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival was also a lavish affair, with the event culminating in the "Oishi Yamakasa" race in which men carry seven floats weighing about 1 metric ton each, representing each neighborhood in Fukuoka's Hakata district, along a 5-kilometer course. Children visit Yasaka Shrine to pray for a safe Gion Festival, in Kyoto on July 1. (Photo by Kyodo) People fill the streets as floats with illuminated lanterns are displayed during the annual Gion Festival's Yoiyama event in Kyoto on July 16. (Photo by Kyodo) A "Yamahoko" float is pulled around a corner during the Gion Festival in Kyoto on July 17. The parade is designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. (Photo by Arisa Moriyama) People carry a float at Kushida Shrine in Fukuoka during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival on July 15, marking the finale of the 15-day event that dates back more than 780 years. (Photo by Kyodo) People carry - while others ride on - a float at Kushida Shrine in Fukuoka during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival on July 15. (Photo by Kyodo) (Photo by Kyodo)
Nikkei Asia
20-07-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Japan's PM Ishiba vows to carry on despite big loss in upper house poll
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to media at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 20. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita) SHOTARO TANI TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on as the country's leader, even as his ruling coalition looked set to suffer a significant loss of seats in Sunday's upper house election. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito are poised to end up with far fewer seats than the 141 they held in the chamber, even after including the 75 seats that were not up for re-election.
Nikkei Asia
17-07-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Why the bond vigilantes are right about Japan's election
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech on July 3 in Kobe. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita) William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." After 290 days in office, Shigeru Ishiba's government is being hit with a perfect storm of tariffs, inflation and budget troubles.
Nikkei Asia
17-07-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
7-Eleven parent faces solo path to growth after Couche-Tard drops bid
7-Eleven faces the twin tasks of turning around its Japanese and North American convenience store operations. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita) KOSUKE OKAMOTO and YOSHIHIRO HARA TOKYO -- Now that Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard has withdrawn its bid to take over Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese parent of the 7-Eleven chain will face several tests in attaining growth independently. The takeover proposal, which Couche-Tard scrapped Thursday, had put pressure on Seven & i to take steps toward structural reform, including paring noncore businesses, amid a sluggish recovery for its Japanese and U.S. convenience store operations.
Nikkei Asia
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Japan ruling coalition at risk of losing upper house in election: Nikkei poll
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is struggling in the polls days before the July 20 upper house election. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita) RIEKO MIKI TOKYO -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito are struggling in the final stretch of the upper house election campaign, with their majority in question as opposition parties make strides, a Nikkei poll and reporting shows. A total of 125 of the chamber's 248 seats are up for election on Sunday, including 50 seats allocated by proportional representation and one by-election for a vacant Tokyo seat.
