(Seated, from left) Yoshihide Suga, Hiroshi Moriyama, Shunichi Suzuki, Itsunori Onodera, Masakazu Sekiguchi and Masaji Matsuyama, executive members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attend a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister and LDP President Shigeru Ishiba, not pictured, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. Ishiba promised Monday to take on the responsibility of restoring political stability following the loss of his ruling coalition’s majority in a lower house election for the first time since 2009. - Photo: Bloomberg
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba insisted Monday (Oct 28) he would stay in office even after his ruling coalition fell short of a majority in parliamentary elections.
AFP examines the options now for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) after its worst result since 2009, and the prospects for its bruised leader Ishiba, who only took office on October 1.
