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 (LDP), which has governed Japan almost nonstop since 1955.

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