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ANKARA (AA) - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will hold a joint parliamentary meeting after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is resisting growing pressure to step down, NHK reported Tuesday.

The decision comes amid mounting pressure on Ishiba to resign following the party’s poor performance in the recent upper house elections. But Ishiba said Monday that his position to remain in the office "has not changed."

On Tuesday, Ishiba agreed, along with other LDP executives, to convene the meeting of both houses of the parliament, where the ruling coalition, along with the Komeito party, lost the majority.

One day earlier, he had said he would "accept opinions in good faith" while making appropriate decisions for the party and his administration, according to NHK.

LDP Secretary-General Moriyama Hiroshi confirmed that the plenary’s chair would hear directly from lawmakers backing the joint meeting.

When asked if the party's presidential election could be brought forward, he said the matter as “extremely complicated,” and suggested the party’s election committee would need to be involved.

The LDP-Komeito coalition won 47 of the 125 seats up for grabs in July 20 election, falling short of the 50 seats needed to maintain a majority of 125 seats in the 248-seat upper chamber of the bicameral house.

*Writing by Islamuddin Sajid