Japan Prime Minister Ishiba to resign, NHK says

FILE PHOTO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends the opening ceremony of the parliamentary session in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to resign to avoid a split within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, public broadcaster NHK said on Sunday.

Ishiba’s LDP-led coalition lost its upper house majority in an election in July.

(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by William Mallard)