Front-runners solidify lead as LDP counts down to leadership vote
WEB1 day ago · Former LDP Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba, 67, economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, 63, and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 43, are locked in a three-way battle for an ...
Shigeru Ishiba to become Japan's next prime minister after ruling …
WEB14 hours ago · Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba won the race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday and replace incumbent prime minister Fumio Kishida as the country's next leader.
Shigeru Ishiba: Former defense minister to be Japan’s new prime
WEB1 day ago · The LDP has in recent months been embroiled in one of Japan’s biggest political scandals in decades. Two of the most influential factions in the LDP have been accused of failing to properly ...
Who will replace Kishida to become Japan’s new prime minister? - AP News
WEB1 day ago · Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party, in a key vote Friday, will pick a new leader to replace him as head of the party and the government. FILE - Candidates of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election, from left, Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, former Economic Security ...
Japan's scandal-hit ruling party picks Shigeru Ishiba as next PM
WEBIshiba, 67, led in most opinion polls, with this being his fifth and, he said, final bid to lead the embattled LDP. The winner was decided by an internal party vote, rather than a public one.
Fifth time's a charm: Shigeru Ishiba set to be Japan PM after LDP …
WEB15 hours ago · Ishiba won the runoff with 215 votes — 189 from LDP lawmakers plus 26 votes from local LDP chapters. In the initial round of voting among eight other candidates, he won 154 votes, advancing to ...
Who will become Japan's next prime minister? | AP News
WEB1 day ago · Japan’s former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a candidate of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election, speaks next to another candidate former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi during a joint news conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)
What the Next Japanese PM Means for the World | TIME
WEB13 hours ago · By Charlie Campbell. September 27, 2024 3:45 AM EDT. I shiba Shigeru is set to become Japan’s new Prime Minister after winning the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a ...
Former defense minister set to lead Japan amid efforts to ... - NBC News
WEB14 hours ago · The LDP, which has ruled Japan almost uninterrupted since the end of World War II, is seeking to regain public trust with a fresh face ahead of a general election that must be held by October of ...
Japan LDP election latest: Vote counting begins - Nikkei Asia
WEB16 hours ago · Here's the latest on the race (Japan time): 1:34 p.m. Vote counting begins. It should take around 25 minutes. 1:30 p.m. Kishida, also the LDP's current president, said he would vote for the ...
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