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Japan's ruling coalition lost its majority in the upper house of parliament in yesterday's elections.
As NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports,
it marks the first time since 1955 the ruling party is in the minority in both houses of parliament.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner the Kome Party failed to get the 50 seats they needed to retain the upper house majority.
Two-thirds of the contested seats were taken by opposition parties,
with center-right and right-wing parties making the most dramatic gains.
They include the Sansei Party, which advocates a Japanese-first nationalist agenda.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he has a responsibility to stay on and deal with pressing problems such as Japan's aging population,
rising cost of living, and tariff negotiations with the U.S.
But having lost two parliamentary elections in a row,
pressure within the party for Ishiba to step down is likely to grow.
Anthony Kuhn in PR News.
Lawyers for the Trump administration and Harvard University are expected in court today in Massachusetts in a legal battle over federal funding.
The administration has frozen more than $2 billion worth of federal grants and contracts at the university,