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Shigeru Ishiba

LDP Leadership Race Takes Shape as Kobayashi Enters and Motegi Backs Gradual BOJ Shift

The next LDP leader is expected to become prime minister, requiring a Diet vote despite the coalition’s lost majority.

Ishiba Resigns as LDP Leader, Setting Off Emergency Contest for Japan’s Next Prime Minister

Ishiba Resigns as LDP Leader, Declines to Enter Interim Race

Motegi Launches Bid to Lead LDP After Ishiba Resigns as Japan’s PM

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Resigns, Setting Up LDP Leadership Race

Ishiba Faces Leadership Challenge After Coalition Loses Upper House Majority

Shigeru Ishiba Elected as Japan's New Prime Minister