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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced on Sunday he will step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election. Ishiba, who took office last October, had resisted demands from mostly right-wing opponents within his own party for more than a month, saying such …

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan’s prime minister after winning a closely fought contest on Friday in his fifth and what he called final attempt to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The 67-year-old political veteran prevailed over hard-line nationalist Sanae Takaichi in a run-off vote …