A party’s seven-decade dominance raises concerns for Japan’s democracy
The Liberal Democratic Party has ruled Japan for all but four of the past 69 years, leading some to ask whether its ...
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Japan’s Ishiba, in Rocky Start as Premier, Calls Snap Election in Bold Bid for Mandate for Rearmament
Just after Japan’s diet elected him prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, not sure he can wield real power or hold his job for long ...
Japan market sell-off is a result of Ishiba's LDP election win and capital reallocation towards China: Analyst
Mio Kato of Lightstream Research sees the recent Japan market sell-off as an overreaction. He has a constructive view on ...
Shigeru Ishiba Declared as Japan's New PM
Japan's Parliament has elected Shigeru Ishiba, the new leader of the ruling liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as the country's ...
Meet Japan’s New Leader
Shigeru Ishiba’s plans remain vague but voters can ask this month.
Japan's overwhelmingly male cabinet underlines gender gap, again
Japan's new prime minister appointed only two women to his 20-strong cabinet on Tuesday, down from five previously, in what a ...
Japan's new PM Ishiba faces challenges in building lasting gov't
Shigeru Ishiba became Japan's prime minister on Tuesday, following his fifth attempt to head the ruling party, but he faces ...
New Japan PM appoints Abenomics proponent as finance minister
Japan's new leader Shigeru Ishiba appointed a proponent of former premier Shinzo Abe's "Abenomics" policies as finance ...