Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is set to talk with three former prime ministers from his Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday afternoon.

A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election

Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's already precarious position With his grasp on power slipping, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in office despite a stinging electoral rebuke that plunged his ruling coalition into fresh turmoil.

The Liberal Democratic Party is expected to have a meeting on July 31 where the key focus will be on whether the party's leadership can dispel concerns about staying on.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has pledged to stay in office after his ruling coalition lost its majority in the Upper House in Sunday's election. The disappointing results have stirred calls from inside Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party for him to step down as party leader.

Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on Sunday, the second electoral loss since coming into office last fall.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito lost control of the Upper House in Sunday's election, according to multiple media outlets on Monday, marking the first time the LDP has lost a majority in both houses of parliament since the party's foundation in 1955.

There are growing calls from within Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's own party for him to step down, after the ruling coalition lost its majority in the Upper House. Mr Ishiba however says taking true responsibility means not resigning but staying on to tackle challenges,

For a long time, the victories and defeats in electoral districts where only one seat was up for re-election have determined the outcome of the entire Upper House election.

Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and its coalition partner are projected to have lost the majority in the upper house after a portion of the seats in the chamber went up for reelection Sunday.