Ishiba, who is most likely to lose in the general election, said, "I will be judged strictly...Efforts to realize the policy"

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, the president of the Liberal Democratic Party, said he was "very strictly judged" amid a series of exit polls for Japan's lower house elections that it was difficult for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to secure a single majority of seats.

"We have been judged very strictly by the slush fund scandal," Ishiba told TV Asahi. "We must do our best to realize the policies we put forward in the future."

In an interview with TV Tokyo, he only said, "There are many ways" to push for an expansion of the coalition with the Japan Restoration Association or the National Democratic Party if the ruling party loses its majority of seats.

In another broadcast, when asked about his future, he said, "It's still being counted," and "I don't think we should talk about that at all."