Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and his Liberal Democratic Party were projected to lose their majority coalition government in Japan's Upper House of Parliament on Monday.

The ruling LDP and its junior partner Komeito both suffered significant losses amid widespread concerns over the rising cost of living and hostility to the political establishment as a whole.

JAPAN: THE ruling coalition of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has lost control of the upper house of the National Diet, making it a minority in both chambers of the country’s parliament. It is the first time since 1994 for Japan’s ruling parties to lose majority control of both houses.