2024-09-27 09:00:09
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Shigeru Ishiba: Japan's New Prime Minister and the Market Reactions
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The LDP leadership race features Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister focused on security and economic issues; Koizumi, the change candidate with degrees from Kanto Gakuin University and Columbia University and experience at the CSIS think tank, whose father is popular former PM Junichiro Koizumi and who served as environment minister under the administrations of Shinzo Abe and Yoshihide Suga, worked on reconstruction in eastern Japan following the 2011 earthquake, and spent a day at the..
East Asia - South China Morning Post
Breaking | Japan’s LDP picks Shigeru Ishiba as PM Fumio Kishida’s successor
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Shigeru Ishiba, a former defence minister, won the ruling party's leadership vote, becoming Japan's next prime minister. He defeated Sanae Takaichi, who would have been the country's first woman leader, in a run-off. Ishiba faces regional security threats, including North Korea's banned missile tests, and must revive the economy as the central bank moves away from decades of monetary easing. Ishiba calls for a fairer and kinder Japan, and tears welled in his eyes after the final results were r..
New York Times - Asia Pacific
Japan’s Power Brokers Listen to Public in Choice for Prime Minister
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Shigeru Ishiba, a 67-year-old former defense minister known for plain-spoken opinions and interest in military equipment, was elected as Japan's next prime minister, defeating Sanae Takaichi, who would have been the first woman prime minister. Ishiba's victory came after the outgoing prime minister, Fumio Kishida, who presided over an expansion of Japan's defense budget and a rapprochement with South Korea, announced his resignation due to low approval ratings related to inflation and political..
The Guardian
Japan’s ruling party picks Shigeru Ishiba to become next PM
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Veteran moderate Shigeru Ishiba elected LDP leader, set to become Japan's next PM. Defeated rival Sanae Takaichi, who aimed to be first female PM. Ishiba vows to restore trust in LDP and protect Japan. Shinjiro Koizumi, 43, knocked out in first round despite popularity. Takaichi backed by influential ex-PM Taro Aso, but Abe's Abenomics and revisionist views rejected. Ishiba proposes Asian NATO, disaster agency for earthquakes and typhoons.
DER SPIEGEL
Japan: Ex-Verteidigungsminister Shigeru Ishiba wird Japans neuer Ministerpräsident - DER SPIEGEL
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Der ehemalige Verteidigungsminister Shigeru Ishiba wird neuer Parteichef der regierenden Sozialdemokraten und damit Japans neuer Ministerpräsident. Er gewann gegen acht weitere Kandidaten, darunter die erste Frau, die das höchste Regierungsamt angestrebt hatte. Der scheidende Ministerpräsident Fumio Kishida gab sein Amt nach drei Jahren auf, da seine Umfragewerte aufgrund von Inflation und finanzpolitischen Skandalen stark gesunken waren. Die Liberaldemokratische Partei regiert Japan seit 1945..
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