Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after his coalition lost its majority in the upper house election over the weekend, local media reported. Ishiba's long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito now form a minority government,

By Tim Kelly, Satoshi Sugiyama and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied on Wednesday he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he planned to announce his resignation to take responsibility for a bruising upper house election defeat.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, under growing pressure to step down over the historic loss of his ruling party in a weekend election, says he will decide on whether to resign after closely studying the tariff deal just struck with the United States.

Reports had emerged early Wednesday that Shigeru Ishiba, who is also leader of ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will step down next month - Anadolu Ajansı

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will announce his resignation by the end of next month, Japanese media reported on Wednesday, following a bruising election defeat that cost his administration its upper house majority.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba refuted rumors about his resignation following a setback in the upper house election. With crucial trade talks with the U.S. in progress, he delayed any immediate decision.

Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's upper house elections, suggesting a notable shift in the country's traditionally centrist landscape.

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan.

A once fringe opposition party in Japan has become the fourth largest in parliament by pushing a nationalist "Japanese First" agenda.

The road to Japan’s trade deal with the U.S. just got longer and more winding as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s coalition lost its majority in the upper house following the election held on Sunday. It was only in late October that Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party lost the majority in the lower house it had held since 2012.