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Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's already precarious position With his grasp on power slipping, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in office despite a stinging electoral rebuke that plunged his ruling coalition into fresh turmoil.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied talk on Wednesday that he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat.
Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is set to talk with three former prime ministers from his Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday afternoon.
Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on Sunday, the second electoral loss since coming into office last fall.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito lost control of the Upper House in Sunday's election, according to multiple media outlets on Monday, marking the first time the LDP has lost a majority in both houses of parliament since the party's foundation in 1955.
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has pledged to stay in office after his ruling coalition lost its majority in the Upper House in Sunday's election. The disappointing results have stirred calls from inside Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party for him to step down as party leader.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed Monday to stay in office and ruled out expanding his ruling coalition - composed of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and junior partner Komeito - after a crushing defeat in Sunday's upper house elections.
The Liberal Democratic Party is expected to have a meeting on July 31 where the key focus will be on whether the party's leadership can dispel concerns about staying on.