News analysis
A political tumult is brewing in Japan as voters oust PM Kishida’s LDP from ‘conservative kingdom’
Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech at the 91st LDP convention on March 17, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
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.
