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Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM
1 month, 1 week ago

Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM

China Daily  

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attend a session on the day lawmakers vote to elect the new prime minister, at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan Nov 11, 2024. Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as Japan's 103rd prime minister on Monday in a House of Representatives runoff election, securing 221 votes. Ishiba's reelection …

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Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM
1 month, 1 week ago

Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM

China Daily  

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attend a session on the day lawmakers vote to elect the new prime minister, at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan Nov 11, 2024. Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as Japan's 103rd prime minister on Monday in a House of Representatives runoff election, securing 221 votes. Ishiba's reelection …

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Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM
1 month, 1 week ago

Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM

China Daily  

By JIANG XUEQING in Tokyo | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-12 09:33 Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attend a session on the day lawmakers vote to elect the new prime minister, at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan Nov 11, 2024. Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as Japan's 103rd prime minister on Monday …

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Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM
1 month, 1 week ago

Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM

China Daily  

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attend a session on the day lawmakers vote to elect the new prime minister, at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan Nov 11, 2024. Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as Japan's 103rd prime minister on Monday in a House of Representatives runoff election, securing 221 votes. Ishiba's reelection …

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Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM
1 month, 1 week ago

Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM

China Daily  

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attend a session on the day lawmakers vote to elect the new prime minister, at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan Nov 11, 2024. Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as Japan's 103rd prime minister on Monday in a House of Representatives runoff election, securing 221 votes. Ishiba's reelection …

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Japan's Shigeru Ishiba Cabinet resigns, but here's why he may become PM again by afternoon
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Japan's Shigeru Ishiba Cabinet resigns, but here's why he may become PM again by afternoon

Firstpost  

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Cabinet resigned on Monday and will face a parliament vote later today that is expected to keep him in the job, but with a fragile grip on power after a disastrous general election In Japan, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet resigned on Monday en masse before the Diet, or parliament during an extraordinary Cabinet meeting …

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Instability can cut short tenures of future Japanese leaders
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Instability can cut short tenures of future Japanese leaders

China Daily  

By CAI HONG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-08 07:38 As Japan prepares for a special parliamentary session on Monday to elect a new leader, experts have warned of the possibility of "revolving door" leadership in the country for a period of time with an electoral deadlock leading to political instability and triggering intense maneuvers among different political parties. Leader of …

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Instability can cut short tenures of future Japanese leaders
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Instability can cut short tenures of future Japanese leaders

China Daily  

As Japan prepares for a special parliamentary session on Monday to elect a new leader, experts have warned of the possibility of "revolving door" leadership in the country for a period of time with an electoral deadlock leading to political instability and triggering intense maneuvers among different political parties. Leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and incumbent Prime Minister …

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Instability can cut short tenures of future Japanese leaders
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Instability can cut short tenures of future Japanese leaders

China Daily  

As Japan prepares for a special parliamentary session on Monday to elect a new leader, experts have warned of the possibility of "revolving door" leadership in the country for a period of time with an electoral deadlock leading to political instability and triggering intense maneuvers among different political parties. Leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and incumbent Prime Minister …

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Instability can cut short tenures of future Japanese leaders
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Instability can cut short tenures of future Japanese leaders

China Daily  

By CAI HONG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-08 07:38 As Japan prepares for a special parliamentary session on Monday to elect a new leader, experts have warned of the possibility of "revolving door" leadership in the country for a period of time with an electoral deadlock leading to political instability and triggering intense maneuvers among different political parties. Leader of …

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Japanese go to polls in neck-and-neck race
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Japanese go to polls in neck-and-neck race

China Daily  

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a media conference at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters on October 27, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. The voting for Japan's House of Representatives election concluded on Sunday evening, amid public distrust following a major slush fund scandal of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. During a speech on Saturday in front of Tokyo's Ikebukuro Station, …

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Former Japan PM’s ‘Resolve to Fight’ Remark Over Taiwan Causes Ripples at Home and Abroad
1 year, 3 months ago

Former Japan PM’s ‘Resolve to Fight’ Remark Over Taiwan Causes Ripples at Home and Abroad

The Diplomat  

Former Japanese Prime Minister Aso Taro caused a considerable stir both at home and abroad by saying that Japan, the United States, and Taiwan need to show “the resolve to fight” to defend Taiwan amid China’s growing assertiveness around the island. This is a resolve to fight,” Aso, who currently serves as vice president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, …

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Japan’s Local Elections: The Rise of Nippon Ishin
1 year, 7 months ago

Japan’s Local Elections: The Rise of Nippon Ishin

The Diplomat  

On April 9, Japan held the first half of its 2023 unified local elections. Although the ruling Liberal Democratic Party retained its dominance, the big story coming out of the elections for Japanese politics was the resurgence and geographic spread of Nippon Ishin and Osaka Ishin. Osaka Ishin, the regional political party that became the foundation of Nippon Ishin, has …

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Beyond ‘Wolf Warriors’: China’s Multidimensional Diplomacy
1 year, 8 months ago

Beyond ‘Wolf Warriors’: China’s Multidimensional Diplomacy

The Diplomat  

Since Xi Jinping came to power, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken a significantly hardline turn. Furthermore, China cultivates foreign individuals, the so-called “old friends of the Chinese people.” During the Mao era, China adopted this multidimensional diplomacy to break out of diplomatic isolation. In addition, Li invoked the 40th anniversary theme and declared that 2018 should be “the …

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Japan Moves Into the Post-Abe Era
2 years, 4 months ago

Japan Moves Into the Post-Abe Era

The Diplomat  

Japan’s July 10 upper house elections took place in the shadow of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s assassination on July 8. Before the election and Abe’s assassination, current Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s position on constitutional revision was unclear. Kishida also said, “I will keep alive former Prime Minister Abe’s thoughts and tackle thorny issues such as the abduction and amending …

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Polls open in Japan election overshadowed by Shinzo Abe’s killing
2 years, 5 months ago

Polls open in Japan election overshadowed by Shinzo Abe’s killing

Al Jazeera  

Ruling LDP set for strong election showing in the upper house election held two days after former prime minister’s assassination. Voters in Japan are casting their ballots in an upper house election overshadowed by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination. Elections for seats in the parliament’s less powerful upper house are typically seen as a referendum on the sitting government, …

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Japan’s Constitution at 75
2 years, 7 months ago

Japan’s Constitution at 75

The Diplomat  

2022 marks the 75th anniversary of Japan’s remarkable constitution. Japan’s Evolving Debate Two generations of Japanese have grown up with the 1947 Constitution, and the cleavages that once defined public debate over its meaning have receded. Abe, Article 9, and Japan’s Defense Former Prime Minister Abe repeatedly called for revising the constitution during his time in office. Embedding its JSDF …

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Japan votes for strong government under Kishida and this will shape strategic equation in Indo-Pacific
3 years, 1 month ago

Japan votes for strong government under Kishida and this will shape strategic equation in Indo-Pacific

Firstpost  

Fumio Kishida and the LDP aim to double Japan’s defence spending to around 2 percent of the GDP to deal with China and North Korea, thereby signalling the course of the direction that they intend to tread upon Japan’s ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party has managed to retain a comfortable majority in the powerful lower House of …

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