Tokyo, Sept 7, 2025 (AFP) - Japan PM decides to quit as opponents seek leadership election: reports

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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to step down, local media reported on Sunday, as members of his ruling party seek to hold a new leadership race following disastrous upper house elections. The decision comes less than a year after the 68-year-old took the helm of the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He has since lost his majority in both houses of parliament. Public broadcaster NHK said Ishiba made the decision to av......

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