5 h. ago Sobbing Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba to resign amid fallout from disastrous election

NHK said Shigeru Ishiba made the decision to avoid a divide within the party, while the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said he was unable to withstand the mounting calls for his resignation.

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7 h. ago Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba to resign amid fallout from disastrous elections

Public broadcaster says prime minister has made decision to avoid divide within his Liberal Democratic partyJapan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is to resign less than a year after taking office, throwing the country’s politics into turmoil and setting in motion a potentially messy contest to replace him as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP).The softly spoken centrist has presided over two disastrous elections since being elected to lead the LDP last autumn. In October, the party and its junior coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in the lower house and met the same fate in upper house elections this July. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Japan’s Shigeru Ishiba resigns as prime minister and says new leadership election should begin immediately

Ishiba has been in power for less than a year, but faced calls to resign from the right-wing faction of his own party after a bruising defeat in July

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9 h. ago Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba set to resign, public broadcaster says

Ishiba has been in power for less than a year, but faced calls to resign from the right-wing faction of his own party after a bruising defeat in July

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9 h. ago Japan’s prime minister plans to quit, says state broadcaster NHK

Shigeru Ishiba expected to confirm resignation at press conference on Sunday

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2 w. ago Japan proposes 'economic zone' linking Indian Ocean to Africa, seeks greater role in the region

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has proposed an economic zone linking the Indian Ocean to Africa

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