2024-09-27 23:55:08
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Shigeru Ishiba's Ascendancy and Its Economic Implications
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Shigeru Ishiba, a veteran LDP politician, won the party leadership, beating Sanae Takaichi who opposed rate hikes. This caused the yen to surge against the dollar, 10-year government bond futures to drop, and Nikkei 225 stock gauge futures to fall, as markets reacted to the prospect of a more dovish Bank of Japan policy under Governor Kazuo Ueda compared to the Federal Reserve's rate hikes, leaving the yen as a yield-differential play.
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Ex-Defense Minister Ishiba Shigeru Will Be Japan’s Next Prime Minister
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Ishiba Shigeru, a former Defense Minister, was chosen to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democracy Party, setting him up to become the next Prime Minister. He has proposed an Asian version of the NATO military alliance, a more equal Japan-U.S. security alliance, and the establishment of a disaster management agency in Japan. He is also a supporter of Taiwan's democracy. Ishiba was first elected to parliament in 1986 and has served in various Cabinet positions, including as LDP secretary general un..
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