A week ago, elections in Japan gave the new, MAGA-style party a major boost in the upper House of parliament and helped reduce the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to minorities in both houses of parliament for the first time since 1955.

Although embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba insists he will remain in power, sources in Tokyo told Newsmax last week they expect he will be gone by September at the very latest, and Japan will have its fourth head of government in as many years.

In stating his desire to hold office despite the election setback, Ishiba also made clear his desire to finish the ratification of the trade agreement with the U.S. that President Donald Trump extolled at the White House on Friday before leaving for Scotland.

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