TOKYO -- Japan's ruling coalition lost its upper house majority in an election on Sunday -- after having suffered a similar lower house defeat in October -- but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has made clear his intention to go on leading the government.
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Japan ruling coalition routed by upstarts: key election takeaways
PM Ishiba will fight to stay on as opposition shoots for forming a rival coalition
Left to right: Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Shigeru Ishiba of the Liberal Democratic Party and Sohei Kamiya of the Sanseito. Japan's traditional parties were outsmarted by upstart groups like Sanseito in the upper house election on July 20.
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