Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday amid growing calls within his Liberal Democratic Party for an early leadership vote. Despite the party's crushing defeat in the upper house election in July, Ishiba had maintained that he would stay in office.
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Shigeru Ishiba plans to step down as Japanese prime minister. (Photo by Koji Uema)
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