The yen climbed across the board on Monday after beleaguered Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to hang on as leader even though his ruling coalitionlost its majority in Sunday's upper house elections,

Japan's yen was climbing against the U.S. dollar Monday after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on, even though his ruling coalition just lost its majority in the country's upper house. The

Election Defeat. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed on Monday to remain at his post despite his ruling coalition suffering a devastating defeat in upper house elections

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 Japanese Prime Minister lost his majority in Sunday's upper house election, but Asian markets were fairly calm on Monday since they had priced in an even worse result for the government. Political instability will complicate the picture for the Bank of Japan,

Japan’s Liberal Democratic party, the political bloc that has governed the country almost exclusively for 70 years, has lost its majority in both houses of parliament for the first time. The LDP and its coalition partner,