Calls to replace Japan PM Ishiba as LDP leader grow among veteran lawmakers

More veteran lawmakers among Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party are demanding an early leadership election in a bid to oust Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with a former head of the LDP's top decision-making body joining the call on Thursday.Toshiaki Endo, a former chairman of the LDP's General Council who backed Ishiba in the LDP leadership race in September last year, called on the prime minister to step down following the latest national election loss, which resulted in his ruling coalition no longer holding a majority in both parliamentary chambers."The president (of the LDP) has to…READ FULL ARTICLE