Japan’s struggling leader faces another vote after party’s election loss

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, center, arrives at his office in Tokyo (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade, faces another vote in parliament on Monday, though he is likely to be re-elected as leader and remain in power.

Mr Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito together lost their majority in the 465-seat Lower House, the more powerful of Japan’s two-house parliament, in the October 27 election due to continued voter outrage over financial misconduct by his party and its lukewarm response.