An opposition lawmaker claims to possess internal documents from when Shinzo Abe was prime minister that show top officials leaning on telecommunications ministry bureaucrats to change how broadcasters are assessed on political fairness.
Japan s Suga faces likely challenge in Sept 29 party poll netscape.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from netscape.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Daniel Leussink and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese former foreign minister Fumio Kishida challenged Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday for the leadership of the ruling party, as the premier struggles with crumbling approval rates ahead of a general election. Suga repeated he would seek re-election in the Sept. 29 race for Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president, while ex-internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi also threw her hat in the ring. The winner https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/potential-candidates-japans-ruling-party-leadership-race-2021-08-26 is virtually assured of being prime minister because of the LDP s majority in parliament s lower house. The LDP chief must lead the party to a general election by Nov. 28, which the Sankei newspaper said will be held in October or later. [L1N2PX0E0] The people feel that their voices are not reaching the LDP, Kishida, 64, told a news conference. I am running . to show that the LDP listens to the people and
Japan s Suga faces challengers in ruling party leadership race netscape.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from netscape.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TOKYO, Aug 26 Japanese former foreign minister Fumio Kishida challenged Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga today for the leadership of the ruling party, as the premier struggles with crumbling approval rates ahead of a general election. Suga repeated he would seek re-election in the Sept. 29 race.