Japan PM Ishiba faces renewed calls to resign over election loss

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday faced and defied renewed pressure to resign, as members of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party moved to tighten the screws over the recent election setback.A week after the ruling coalition lost its majority in the July 20 House of Councillors election, many LDP lawmakers attending Monday's in-person meeting with party executives called on Ishiba to step down. Some participants, however, voiced support for the embattled leader.Ishiba is standing on shakier ground with his resignation increasingly seen as a matter of when, not if, participants…READ FULL ARTICLE