Japan PM stays on to fulfill 'responsibility' despite election defeat

'Politics cannot afford to retreat even for a moment,' Ishiba says

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference on July 21 in Tokyo. (Photo by Sae Kamae) 

YURIKA YONEDA

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday said, "We must humbly and sincerely accept the results of this election," a day after the ruling coalition's defeat in an upper house election, while also formally expressing his intention to continue as prime minister.

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