Ishiba Says Not to Stick to Post after Election Blow

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Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that he will not stick to his current post after his ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered a heavy blow in the House of Councillors election in July. “I have no intention at all of clinging to my post,” Ishiba said at a general meeting of LDP lawmakers in both chambers of the Diet. “I will make a decision wh…

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that he will not stick to his current post after his ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered a heavy blow in the House of Councillors election in July. “I have no intention at all of clinging to my post,” Ishiba said at a general meeting of LDP lawmakers in both chambers of the Diet. “I will make a decision wh…