A political tumult is brewing in Japan as voters oust PM Kishida’s LDP from ‘conservative kingdom’

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), delivers a speech at the 91st LDP convention on March 17, 2024.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech at the 91st LDP convention on March 17, 2024.

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TOKYO – The heat has been raised on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after a district that was long a stronghold of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) fell to the main opposition party in by-elections on April 28.

This is as the Japanese leader,

beset by a damaging slush fund scandal

and a tanking economy, is running out of time to salvage his leadership, warned political watchers.

A political tumult is brewing in Japan as voters oust PM Kishida’s LDP from ‘conservative kingdom’

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