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Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday announced his decision not to run in the next Lower House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/17/japan/politics/suga-announces-retirement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshihidesuga #ldp

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

The Liberal Democratic Party will pick its next leader through a full-scale vote, a process that is likely to favor some more than others. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/japan/politics/presidential-election-schedule/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #toshimitsumotegi #yoshimasahayashi #takayukikobayashi #fumiokishida #yoshihidesuga

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

Japan's parliament on Wednesday passed into law a bill to convert the Science Council of Japan from a state organization into a special public corporation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/12/japan/politics/science-council-conversion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sciencecouncilofjapan #yoshihidesuga #diet

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

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivered on two big tasks — but at a cost. A misjudged snap election cost the LDP its Lower House majority, forced painful concessions, and now threatens his job. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/09/japan/ldp-shigeru-ishiba-replacement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #shigeruishiba #fumiokishida #yoshihidesuga #politicalfunds #budgets #diet #lowerhouse #upperhouse

Several of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's predecessors too had given gifts or vouchers to lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party while they were in office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/japan/politics/pm-kishida-gift-vouchers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #fumiokishida #shigeruishiba #yoshihidesuga

A high-level Japanese group, including a former prime minister, has reportedly drawn up plans for Elon Musk's Tesla to invest in Nissan following the collapse of its merger talks with Honda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/21/companies/tesla-nissan-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #elonmusk #tesla #nissan #honda #carmakers #tech #yoshihidesuga #investments

Japan aims to take its alliance with the United States to a higher level after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday in Washington with Sen. William Hagerty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/09/japan/politics/suga-alliance-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshihidesuga #us #senwilliamhagerty #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations

Will Shigeru Ishiba become Japan's shortest-lived prime minister? His decision to call a snap election has been disastrous for his party, now left to pick up the pieces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/10/28/japan/ldp-postmortem-general-election/ #commentary #japan #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #shigeruishiba #fumiokishida #yoshihidesuga #shinjirokoizumi #komeito #nipponishinnokai #dpp #cdp #yoshihikonoda

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

Good looks, a knack for public speaking and an illustrious surname: Shinjiro Koizumi has it all, and he's looking to take advantage of it ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential vote this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/23/japan/politics/koizumi-buzz/ #japan #politics #shinjirokoizumi #ldp #yoshihidesuga #politicalfunds

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

Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has promised to call a snap election as soon as possible if he is chosen as the Liberal Democratic Party’s next leader. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/06/japan/politics/shinjiro-koizumi-ldp-presidency/ #japan #politics #shinjirokoizumi #ldp #yoshihidesuga

Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is seen as likely to support former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election in September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/22/japan/politics/japan-suga-ldp-race-koizumi/ #japan #politics #yoshihidesuga #shinjirokoizumi #tarokono #ldp

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

Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Shigeru Ishiba, former Secretary-General of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, met at a restaurant in Tokyo on Monday night. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/02/japan/politics/japan-ldp-suga-ishiba-meet/ #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #yoshihidesuga #ldp #fumiokishida

With three months to go until the Liberal Democratic Party chooses a new leader, pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida from within his own party to not seek another term as party president. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/24/japan/politics/pressure-on-kishida/ #japan #politics #fumiokishida #toshimitsumotegi #yoshihidesuga #ldp

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

Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will be one of key players in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coming leadership race as a candidate backed by him could draw broad support from nonmainstream members of the party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/11/japan/politics/japan-ldp-suga-key-player/ #japan #politics #yoshihidesuga #ldp #fumiokishida #shigeruishiba #shinjirokoizumi

Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to inspect progress on the release of tritium-containing treated water from the plant into the sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/16/japan/japan-ex-pm-visits-fukushima-no-1-plant/ #japan #yoshihidesuga #fukushimano1 #ldp

Faced with soaring calls for more transparency in political funding amid an ongoing high-profile scandal, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has turned to discussions over a potential dissolution of intraparty factions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/17/japan/politics/ldp-faction-debate/?utm_content=buffer1b6bd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #politicalfunds #fumiokishida #taroaso #yoshihidesuga #corruption

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has started discussions to review rules for making the handling of political funds by its factions more transparent, in the wake of an ongoing scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/12/japan/politics/ldp-reform-panel-first-meeting/?utm_content=buffer94262&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #politicalfunds #fumiokishida #taroaso #yoshihidesuga

As Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s approval ratings have continued to fall over the last few weeks, speculation of a change in leadership has intensified. But experts agree he can rest assured he won’t lose the top job anytime soon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/29/japan/politics/ninivagginationalpost-kishida/?utm_content=buffer4bb9e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #fumiokishida #sanaetakaichi #shigeruishiba #shinjirokoizumi #tarokono #yoshihidesuga #toshimitsumotegi #taroaso #ldp