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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on September 7, 2025. (Photo by TORU HANAI / POOL / AFP)
Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty-gritty of policy and geeky pursuit of making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister crumbled Sunday.
Ishiba said he had decided to step down, following calls for him to take responsibility for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's poor performance in upper house elections in July.
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