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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.
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 ...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down as ruling party leader in September, ending a three-year term marred by political scandals.
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 ...
In 2017, Kishida left the Cabinet to take over the chairmanship of the LDP Policy Research Council, a position traditionally seen as a stepping stone to leadership of the party. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] He sought this position in order to improve his chances to succeed Abe, as the foreign minister post had relatively little influence within the party. [ 21 ]
By 22 December, Kishida's approval rate had further declined to 17%. [8] 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]
On 15 April 2023, a pipe bomb exploded near Fumio Kishida, the then-prime minister of Japan, who came to the fishing port of Saikazaki, Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, in the Kansai region to give a campaign stump speech for the 2023 Wakayama 1st district by-election. Just before Kishida was to give a stump speech, a man threw a pipe bomb.
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 ...