He will now navigate hostilities within his party, economic woes and a period of flux in international relations.

Japan’s parliament is set to elect a prime minister Monday in a mid-afternoon vote that’s likely to keep Shigeru Ishiba in the job despite a national election setback, as the premier prepares for an expected meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump later this month.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba kept his job in a parliamentary vote on Monday, despite having led the ruling coalition to its worst general election result in 15 years.MPs in parliament's powerful lower house convened on Monday for a special four-day session to nominate the prime minister,