Close aide to Japan PM Ishiba says he plans to resign

FILE PHOTO: Hiroshi Moriyama, Secretary General, speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) headquarters on October 27, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Takashi Aoyama/Pool via REUTERS/File photo

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese ruling party's secretary general Hiroshi Moriyama, a close aide to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said on Tuesday he intends to resign from his post to take responsibility for the party's defeat in the July 20 upper house election.

Speaking to reporters after the party's plenary meeting, he said he would leave the final decision to Ishiba.

(Reporting by Makiko YamazakiEditing by Bernadette Baum)