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4 days ago · Ishiba, a 67-year-old policy expert well-versed in defense, agriculture and regional revitalization, is set to be named prime minister in parliament next Tuesday, replacing Fumio Kishida. The new leader will then form a Cabinet.
4 days ago · Following Fumio Kishida's unexpected resignation, Japan's ruling party chose former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader and also as the next new prime minister on Friday, September 27.
4 hours ago · Fumio Kishida Seiko Noda Toshimitsu Motegi Yoshimasa Hayashi Katsunobu Katō Others NOT/ UD/NA. 19 Aug 2024 LDP presidential election are called for 27 September. 14 Aug 2024 Fumio Kishida announces he will not seek re-election as President of the LDP. 3–4 Aug 2024 JNN: 1,010 23.1 14.5 7.1 7 4.8 6.9 6.4 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.8 [t] 26.6 26–28 ...
5 days ago · TOKYO -- The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a key vote Friday that will establish a new national leader. The vote is limited to the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party's parliamentarians and dues-paying members.
3 days ago · A former defence minister who entered parliament in 1986 after a short banking career, Ishiba was sidelined by outgoing prime minister, Fumio Kishida, becoming instead a dissenting voice in the...
3 days ago · Tokyo: Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has named veteran lawmaker and former defence minister as Japan's next prime minister after winning a closely fought contest in his fifth and...
4 days ago · Unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida did not run for re-election. The LDP has governed Japan almost uninterrupted for decades, with the main opposition parties rarely seen as viable...
