By Yuka Obayashi and Nobuhiro Kubo
Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will resign to avoid a split within his ruling party, a source close to the premier said on Sunday, pitching the world’s fourth-largest economy into fresh political uncertainty.
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately have a comment when contacted by Reuters, but the government said Ishiba would hold a press conference at 6 p.m.
