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TOKYO, July 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Japan's ruling coalition lost its majority 
in upper house elections on Sunday, local media projected, in a disastrous 
result for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its partner Komeito won around 41 
of the 125 seats contested, short of the 50 needed to retain a majority, 
Nippon TV and TBS reported, with the populist party Sanseito projected to 
have made strong gains.