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After a disastrous election, more troubles loom for Japan’s ruling party
The prospect of rainbow coalition governments and a return to short-term prime ministers seems a distinct possibility.
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Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba (left) speaking at a news conference next to LDP lawmakers at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct 28.
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In US politics, a Scaramucci has come to mean a unit of time lasting around 10 days, the length of Mr Anthony Scaramucci’s term
Perhaps Japan is about to coin an Ishiba? Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) that has dominated Japanese politics since the aftermath of World War II, might be counting his time in power in such limited terms.
