TOKYO — Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party's leadership vote on Friday, the official count showed.
TOKYO — Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party's leadership vote on Friday, the official count showed.The 67-year-old train lover beat arch-nationalist Sanae Takaichi — who would have been the country's first-ever woman leader — 215 votes to 194 in a run-off.
Ishiba supports the Bank of Japan's exit from its unorthodox monetary easing policies and his victory 'will almost certainly be welcome news for policymakers' there, Capital Economics said.Shigeru Ishiba acknowledges the applause after he was elected as new head of Japan's ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election in Tokyo on September 27, 2024.
Defense Minister Ishiba To Be Japan's PM After Winning Party Vote
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