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Japan's prime minister Shigeru Ishiba held a news conference on Monday (Oct 28), a day after voters punished his scandal-tainted ruling coalition, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world's fourth-largest economy.

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Transcript
00:00Thank you very much.
00:03Please wait a moment until the broadcast starts.
00:05The fact that we, the People's Liberation Army, and the Yuto Komeito, which is a coalition government, have lost so many people is the pinnacle of our hatred.
00:18We must sincerely accept this and reflect on it from the bottom of our hearts and be reborn.
00:28I believe that the most important thing is that the people's concerns, distrust, and anger about politics and money have not been eroded.
00:44We believe that we need to implement meaningful economic measures and compensation budgets beyond the current wave.
00:56We are not planning to form a coalition government at this point.
01:08We are in a difficult situation in terms of security guarantees and the economy.
01:16We cannot afford to be stagnant.

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