Japan's next prime minister will be maverick regional politician Shigeru Ishiba, after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected him its new leader following the news Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would step down.
Japan's next prime minister will be maverick regional politician Shigeru Ishiba, after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected him the new leader following the news Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would step down.
at the scheduled party meeting, following months of low approval ratings and a donations scandal that embroiled high ranking politicians."We will put an end to the widespread distrust in the LDP," he said.
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