Long-ruling party faces crisis with populists capturing working people’s vote as traditional rural base shrinks

The embattled prime minister said he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with the United States and other pressing matters.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sought to buy time for his premiership following a second election setback in less than a year that leaves him in a weaker position to stave off opposition tax cut demands or secure a last-minute trade deal with the US.