TOKYO — Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed on Monday to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring on him after his ruling party experienced its worst poll result in 15 years.
TOKYO — Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed on Monday to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring on him after his ruling party experienced its worst poll result in 15 years.Ishiba, 67, called Sunday's election days after taking office on October 1, but voters angry at a slush fund scandal punished his Liberal Democratic Party , which has governed Japan almost nonstop since 1955.
The most likely next step is that Ishiba would now seek to head a minority government, with the divided opposition seen as probably incapable of forming a coalition of their own, analysts said.Ishiba said on Monday he was not considering a broader coalition 'at this point.
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