Japan PM To Face Tough Upper House Election On July 20

Fonte: International Business Times

Shigeru Ishiba, 68, has been head of Japan's minority government since October AFP Japan will hold an upper house election on July 20, the government said Tuesday, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba battling low approval ratings driven partly by public frustration over inflation. Ishiba, 68, has been head of a minority government since October, when he led the ruling coalition to its worst general election result in 15 years. Voters in Tokyo on Sunday also knocked his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from its position as the largest group in the city assembly, in a local election seen as a bellwether for the upcoming national vote.