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2025-07-29 11:27:50
[Japan's ruling party may soon hold a meeting to discuss whether Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba should stay or go] As calls for a change of leadership grow within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, the ruling party will hold a meeting in the next few days and is expected to discuss the future of troubled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama said on Tuesday that a plenary meeting of the party's decision-making will be held soon, but the specific issues that will be discussed at the meeting have not yet been determined. As some LDP lawmakers further called on Ishiba on Monday to take responsibility for the defeat in the July 20 Senate election and resign, the issue of whether Ishiba should stay or go is likely to be part of the meeting agenda. Some lawmakers may push for an early election for the party leader, which was originally scheduled for about two years from now, which would force Ishiba to either resign or go head-to-head with his rivals within the party.
