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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign
By The Associated Press TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election, Japan’s NHK public television reported. Ishiba, who took office in October, had resisted growing calls from within his…
Japan votes in a key election as Prime Minister Ishiba faces a possible loss
By The Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan’s two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling coalition facing a possible defeat that could worsen the country’s political instability. Voters were deciding half of the 248 seats in the upper…