I'm a little late to the party on this one, but it was announced last Sunday that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will resign within one year. On one hand, it's rather surprising considering it hasn't even been one year since he took over as PM of Japan. On the other hand, given that his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost control of of the lower house in October last year, and the control of the upper house in July this year, along with increased costs of living has not helped him much. The price of rice is a particular sore point - despite his strategy of releasing stocked rice meant for emergency purposes, the price of rice still hasn't come down in price.
This has created a mess as there is no clear agreement that Ishiba should have stepped in the first place. Apparently there are many who thought that Ishiba's resignation was unnecessary. Apparently, Ishiba planned to resign to avoid any fracturing within the LDP.
Whatever the case, it's going to be a rough ride for the LDP, now that they have to make deals with opposition parties to get any of their policies through. Among the opposition includes the crackpot group known as Sanseito.
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