Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister looked at risk of coming unstuck on Sunday.Seen as a safe pair of hands, he won the party leadership in September,

Tokyo: Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on as Japan s prime minister after his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Komeito

Japanese voters headed to the polls on Sunday in a tightly contested election amid public frustration over rising prices and the imminent threat of US tariffs. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito need to secure a combined 50 seats to retain an overall majority in the upper house but the latest polling shows they might fall short.

The Liberal Democratic Party, already in a minority in the lower house since last October's snap election, faces mounting public discontent over inflation, political scandals, and a surge in anti-immigration sentiment.

Japanese voters are participating in a crucial upper house election that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's leadership amidst rising inflation and trade tensions with the US.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday’s upper house election, and a loss could worsen political instability at a time of daunting challenges, such as rising prices and high U.