Japan Elects Shigeru Ishiba as New Prime Minister
After a recent Japanese election, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is slated to become the new Japanese Prime Minister, reports NBC News. A member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Ishiba was elected after several corruption scandals shook the public’s faith in former Prime Minister Fumio Kushida’s leadership. Shigeru Ishiba has a history of being a moderate figure in the LDP who is both a realist and an idealist as to what Japan needs.
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