Shigeru Ishiba
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Final campaigning in tight Japan election
TOKYO: Candidates in Japan’s super-tight parliamentary election will make last-ditch appeals to voters on Saturday (Oct 26), with opinion polls…
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Man arrested after throwing apparent Molotov cocktails at Japan’s ruling party headquarters
TOKYO: A man was arrested after throwing what appeared to be Molotov cocktails at the headquarters of Japan’s ruling party on…
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Japan’s ruling party headquarters attacked with firebombs, suspect arrested: Reports
TOKYO: A man threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan’s ruling party in Tokyo on Saturday (Oct 19), public…
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Record number of women run for Japan general election
The previous record was 229 in the 2009 general election. Female leaders are still rare in business and politics in…
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Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party banking on Oct 27 snap election to rejuvenate country
ATTEMPT TO “CLEANSE THE PARTY” Mr Noda is also displeased with the LDP’s incomplete investigation of its slush fund scandal. “The…
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Commentary: Newly elected and preparing for elections, Japan’s PM Ishiba is already on the defensive
Nuclear sharing is another thorny issue which has raised concerns about the collapse of Japan’s “Three Non-Nuclear Principles”: Not possessing…
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Japan PM Ishiba dissolves parliament ahead of Oct 27 election
Later the speaker of parliament read out a letter from the prime minister with the emperor’s seal, formally dissolving parliament…
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Japan PM warns ‘today’s Ukraine could be tomorrow’s East Asia’
FALLING POPULATION Japan, like many developed countries, is facing a looming demographic crisis as its population ages and the birth…
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Commentary: No one wants an Asian NATO, except Japan’s new PM Ishiba
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is a proponent of a collective defence system in Asia to counter China. Its appeal…
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Commentary: Japan’s new prime minister has barely the concept of a plan
Ishiba’s position on China is even harder to map out. He’s by turns hawkish and pragmatic, and seeks active diplomacy…
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