TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the question of whether he should resign or stay on was not discussed at a meeting on Wednesday with three of his predecessors, as speculation swirled that he may step down soon following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's electoral rout in the upper house election on Sunday.
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Japan's Ishiba says his future not discussed with party heavyweights
PM meets with three former leaders wake of upper house election losses
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba leaves his office in Tokyo on July 23. Ishiba's fate hangs in the balance after the the ruling coalition upper house election defeat on July 20. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
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