TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese lawmakers voted on Monday for Prime ... but still short of a majority in the 465-seat lower house. Japan will hold elections next year for the less powerful upper house, where the ruling coalition's slim majority could also ...

By John Geddie and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese lawmakers decide on Monday whether Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba remains the country's leader after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election late last month.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade, faces another tough vote in parliament on Monday, though he is likely re-elected.