Japan’s revolving-door prime ministers: is Ishiba next?
A stinging electoral rebuke has left Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) reeling and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s leadership in jeopardy, intensifying doubts about his future and raising the spectre of a broader collapse for the ruling party ahead of a national vote next month.
On Sunday, the LDP secured just 22 seats – one fewer than its previous record low in 2017 – amid mounting public anger over political funding scandals and growing economic anxieties. The result has fuelled rumours...
