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Japan's embattled Prime Minister Fumio Kishida surprised the country Wednesday by announcing that he'll step down when his party picks a new leader next month. The winner of that election will ...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will step down next month and will not run for a second term as leader of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, following a series of ...
Why is Kishida stepping down? A series of local election losses earlier this year sparked calls within his party to have a new face to boost support before the next national election. Kishida said a series of scandals has “breached” the public’s trust, and the party needs to demonstrate its commitment to change.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday his governing party's major defeat in last weekend's by-elections was largely due to a political fundraising scandal and that he would not step ...
After Kishida announced that he would step down in 2024, Ishiba ran for the fifth and final time in the LDP presidential election where he defeated Sanae Takaichi in a second round run-off, becoming the new party leader and prime minister–designate, and was formally elected Prime Minister by the National Diet on 1 October 2024. [2]
On 18 January 2024, Kishida announced his intention to dissolve his Kōchikai faction as a result of the scandal. [9] The following day on 19 January, the Shisuikai (Nikai faction) and Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Abe faction) announced their dissolutions. [10] Kishida never recovered from the record-low approval ratings amid fallout from the scandal.
Fumio Kishida 岸田 文雄 Rep for Hiroshima 1st (born 1957) 4 October 2021 1 October 2024 2 years, 364 days — Liberal Democratic (Kōchikai faction) 100. Kishida I [102] 2021: 101. Kishida II [103] Shigeru Ishiba 石破 茂 Rep for Tottori 1st (born 1957) 1 October 2024 Incumbent 142 days — Liberal Democratic (Suigetsukai faction) 102 ...
Kishida's decision to quit triggers a contest to replace him as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and by extension as the leader of the world's fourth-biggest economy. And ...