Japan's PM vows to stay on despite vote debacle

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 29, 2024 12:13 am

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.

MONDAY BLUES Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference at his Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters in the capital Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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