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Former Prime Minister and veteran lawmaker Yoshihide Suga reportedly won’t contest in the next Lower House election, which is likely to take place in February, and will retire from national politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/politics/yoshihide-suga-no-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshihidesuga #ldp #lowerhouse

Minoru Kihara, the “cool-headed” spokesman of Japan’s new prime minister, has many things in common with his new boss. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/politics/who-is-minoru-kihara/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #minorukihara #sanaetakaichi #ldp #shinzoabe #yoshihidesuga #fumiokishida #hirokazumatsuno #shigeruishiba #yoshimasahayashi #kumamoto #taiwan

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, the go-to problem solver in Japan's political center, might be facing his biggest challenge yet: convincing colleagues in the ruling party that he is best suited to lead them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/politics/ldp-hayashi-profile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #toshimitsumotegi #takayukikobayashi #fumiokishida #yoshihidesuga #taroaso #shigeruishiba

As Japan marked 80 years since its surrender in World War II, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed remorse at a memorial service in a notable break from his recent predecessors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/politics/end-of-ww2/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #wwii #shigeruishiba #emperornaruhito #empressmasako #shinzoabe #yoshihidesuga #fumiokishida #yoshihikonoda

Prime Minister Ishiba’s visit to Vietnam and the Philippines highlighted Japan’s enduring Indo-Pacific strategy amid rising regional uncertainty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/08/japan/japans-foip-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #foip #shinzoabe #yoshihidesuga #fumiokishida #shigeruishiba #asia #indopacific #vietnam #philippines

Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba announced his party leadership lineup Monday, entrusting veterans in key positions as he struggles to unite a deeply divided party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/30/japan/politics/ldp-leadership-executive/ #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #shunichisuzuki #hiroshimoriya #itsunorionodera #shinjirokoizumi #sanaetakaichi #takayukikobayashi #taroaso #yoshihidesuga #fumiokishida #tetsushisakamoto

Nine candidates are running in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, but it’s three LDP veterans acting as behind-the-scenes kingmakers whose decisions will heavily influence the result. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/16/japan/politics/ldp-kingmakers/ #japan #politics #ldp #yoshihidesuga #taroaso #fumiokishida

Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Sunday that he will announce possibly this week his candidacy in the party's presidential election in September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/18/japan/politics/ishiba-to-announce-candidacy-soon/ #japan #politics #ldp #fumiokishida #toshimitsumotegi #taroaso #shigeruishiba #yoshihidesuga

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s decision not to run in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race next month came as a result of poor poll numbers and deepening friction with party veterans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/15/japan/politics/kishida-out-analysis/ #japan #politics #fumiokishida #taroaso #yoshihidesuga #yoshiromori #tarokono #toshimitsumotegi #shigeruishiba #shinjirokoizumi #sanaetakaichi #takayukikobayashi #shinzoabe #ldp #diet

Unpopularity plagues Biden in the U.S. and Kishida in Japan, with both leaders facing an uphill battle to stay at the helm of their respective parties and countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/07/08/japan/fumio-kishida-ldp-leadership-problems/ #commentary #japan #ldp #fumiokishida #yoshihidesuga #tarokono #taroaso #yokokamikawa #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #us #joebiden #democrats

Despite low public approval ratings and discontent in the LDP, all is not lost for the prime minister if the summer is kind to him and he plays his cards right. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/07/05/fumio-kishida-prime-minister-survival/ #editorials #ldp #fumiokishida #diet #cabinet #yoshihidesuga #taroaso #tarokono #shigeruishiba #politicalfunds

With the close of parliament on Sunday, attention is turning to what Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will do in the summer months as potential rivals rally support ahead of September’s Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/21/japan/politics/kishida-ldp-presidential-election/ #japan #politics #fumiokishida #taroaso #toshimitsumotegi #yoshihidesuga #tarokono #ldp

A heated argument between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito over whose candidates to run and whose to support in the next general election has exposed more fundamental problems between the two parties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/01/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-komeito-spat-expose-deeper-problems/?utm_content=buffer0ace4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #shinzoabe #yoshihidesuga #fumiokishida #ldp #toshimitsumotegi #komeito #yukoobuchi #toshihironikai #keizoobuchi #keiichiishii