Five challenges facing Japan's new PM Ishiba - Japan Today
WEB2 days ago — Latest. Popular. Shigeru Ishiba will face five key challenges when he becomes Japan's new prime minister on Tuesday after being voted leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Security threats Nerves are running high over China's increasingly aggressive moves in the region, following the first confirmed incursion by a Chinese ...
What to expect as Japan prepares for Oct 27 election
WEB2 days ago — Ishiba said the snap election would be held on Oct 27, with a ruling party executive saying earlier on Monday that the new leader would dissolve parliament on Oct 9. Official campaigning must run for a minimum of 12 days before the election. The upper house will continue its term as it cannot be dissolved, with the next term finishing in July …
What to know about the party vote that will determine Japan's ...
WEB6 days ago — By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO. The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a key vote Friday that will establish a new national leader. The vote is limited to the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party's parliamentarians and dues-paying members. Because the party's governing coalition dominates parliament, …
Japan braces for Typhoon Jebi in east, Typhoon Krathon in south
WEB3 days ago — Rainfall in the 24 hours through 6 p.m. Monday is expected to reach 150 millimeters in some areas, with winds of up to 108 kilometers per hour and waves of up to 5 meters. As of 6 p.m. Sunday, Typhoon Jebi was moving north at about 15 kph near the Ogasawara Islands, while Typhoon Krathon was located east of the Philippines at a …
Ex-defense chief Ishiba elected Japan ruling party leader
WEB5 days ago — TOKYO. Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Friday in a runoff vote, defeating economic security minister Sanae Takaichi. In his fifth presidential bid, Ishiba won 215 of the 409 valid votes cast by LDP lawmakers and rank ...
Japan launches H2A rocket with reconnaissance satellite after ...
WEBAn H2A liquid-fuel rocket carrying an information-gathering satellite was launched on Thursday from a southwestern Japan island, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said. The successful launch of rocket No. 49 from the space center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture follows two postponements due to unfavorable weather. The …
Shigeru Ishiba: The lone wolf set to lead Japan
WEB5 days ago — Japan's next prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, says he reads three books a day and would rather do that than mingle with the ruling party colleagues who picked him as their new leader on Friday. The 67-year-old's successful leadership bid after four failed attempts puts the self-confessed lone wolf at the helm of a Liberal Democratic Party that ...