Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign following growing calls from within his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election.

Ishiba, who took office in October, said he was stepping down as prime minister and as the head of his conservative Liberal Democratic Party.

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The 68-year-old centrist had resisted demands from opponents further to the right within his own party to resign. He argued that he wanted to avoid a political vacuum at a time w

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