Japan ruling party member ups pressure on PM Ishiba to step down

A lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party called Wednesday for the replacement of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, expressing concern that it will not win a crucial parliamentary election this summer under his leadership.Shoji Nishida, a House of Councillors lawmaker who belonged to a faction led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, made the call during a closed-door meeting of LDP members, a participant said."We cannot fight the upper house election under the current leadership. We should hold a presidential race and choose a new leader," Nishida was quoted as saying at the mee…READ FULL ARTICLE