Japan’s PM Ishiba vows to stay in office despite election debacle | Elections News

Shigeru Ishiba says he wants to ensure the new tariff deal agreed with the US is properly implemented.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has denied reports he plans to resign over a historic defeat his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered in a weekend election, saying he wants to make sure the tariff deal struck with the United States is appropriately implemented.

Japanese newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun, in an extra edition on Wednesday, said Ishiba had decided to announce his…