Ishiba Offers Apology to LDP Members over Election Defeat; Talks about Avoiding ‘Political Vacuum’

The Japan News
18:15 JST,
July 28, 2025
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba offered an apology for the party’s crushing defeat in the House of Councillors election on July 20, at an informal meeting of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers from both the House of Representatives and the upper house at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
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