NYT > World News Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right Par :Martin Fackler · Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya 20 juillet 2025 à 23:37 The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist parties surged. © Pool photo by Franck RobichonPrime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center left, vowed to stay in office despite the poor showing by his Liberal Democratic Party, which has led Japan for all but five of the last 70 years.