(Files) This picture taken on December 24, 2024, shows Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attending a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday he would step down after less than a year in power in which he lost his majority in both houses of parliament.
"I have decided to resign from the position of president of the Liberal Democratic Party," he said, referring to Japan's ruling party, which has governed almost uninterrupted for decades.
