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The long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has lost its parliamentary majority, raising questions about the policy stability that has lured investors.

An assailant tried to breach security at the office of the new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, a public broadcaster reported.

Mastao Kanda unleashed an estimated 25 trillion yen to support the currency when it slumped against the dollar.

Stocks dropped after Japan’s governing party chose Shigeru Ishiba, a critic of the country’s longstanding ultralow interest rates, as its leader.

Homeowners are gearing up to pay more on their loans as the Bank of Japan’s rate increases signal the end of decades of ultralow interest rates.