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Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday announced his decision not to run in the next Lower House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/17/japan/politics/suga-announces-retirement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Former Prime Minister and veteran lawmaker Yoshihide Suga reportedly won’t contest in the next Lower House election, which is likely to take place in February, and will retire from national politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/politics/yoshihide-suga-no-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, the go-to problem solver in Japan's political center, might be facing his biggest challenge yet: convincing colleagues in the ruling party that he is best suited to lead them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/politics/ldp-hayashi-profile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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As Japan marked 80 years since its surrender in World War II, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed remorse at a memorial service in a notable break from his recent predecessors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/politics/end-of-ww2/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Japan's parliament on Wednesday passed into law a bill to convert the Science Council of Japan from a state organization into a special public corporation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/12/japan/politics/science-council-conversion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Prime Minister Ishiba’s visit to Vietnam and the Philippines highlighted Japan’s enduring Indo-Pacific strategy amid rising regional uncertainty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/08/japan/japans-foip-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivered on two big tasks — but at a cost. A misjudged snap election cost the LDP its Lower House majority, forced painful concessions, and now threatens his job. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/09/japan/ldp-shigeru-ishiba-replacement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Several of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's predecessors too had given gifts or vouchers to lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party while they were in office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/japan/politics/pm-kishida-gift-vouchers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A high-level Japanese group, including a former prime minister, has reportedly drawn up plans for Elon Musk's Tesla to invest in Nissan following the collapse of its merger talks with Honda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/21/companies/tesla-nissan-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Japan aims to take its alliance with the United States to a higher level after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday in Washington with Sen. William Hagerty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/09/japan/politics/suga-alliance-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Will Shigeru Ishiba become Japan's shortest-lived prime minister? His decision to call a snap election has been disastrous for his party, now left to pick up the pieces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/10/28/japan/ldp-postmortem-general-election/

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Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba announced his party leadership lineup Monday, entrusting veterans in key positions as he struggles to unite a deeply divided party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/30/japan/politics/ldp-leadership-executive/

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Good looks, a knack for public speaking and an illustrious surname: Shinjiro Koizumi has it all, and he's looking to take advantage of it ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential vote this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/23/japan/politics/koizumi-buzz/

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Nine candidates are running in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, but it’s three LDP veterans acting as behind-the-scenes kingmakers whose decisions will heavily influence the result. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/16/japan/politics/ldp-kingmakers/

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Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has promised to call a snap election as soon as possible if he is chosen as the Liberal Democratic Party’s next leader. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/06/japan/politics/shinjiro-koizumi-ldp-presidency/

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Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is seen as likely to support former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election in September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/22/japan/politics/japan-suga-ldp-race-koizumi/

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s decision not to run in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race next month came as a result of poor poll numbers and deepening friction with party veterans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/15/japan/politics/kishida-out-analysis/

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Unpopularity plagues Biden in the U.S. and Kishida in Japan, with both leaders facing an uphill battle to stay at the helm of their respective parties and countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/07/08/japan/fumio-kishida-ldp-leadership-problems/

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Despite low public approval ratings and discontent in the LDP, all is not lost for the prime minister if the summer is kind to him and he plays his cards right. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/07/05/fumio-kishida-prime-minister-survival/

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Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Shigeru Ishiba, former Secretary-General of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, met at a restaurant in Tokyo on Monday night. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/02/japan/politics/japan-ldp-suga-ishiba-meet/

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With three months to go until the Liberal Democratic Party chooses a new leader, pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida from within his own party to not seek another term as party president. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/24/japan/politics/pressure-on-kishida/

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With the close of parliament on Sunday, attention is turning to what Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will do in the summer months as potential rivals rally support ahead of September’s Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/21/japan/politics/kishida-ldp-presidential-election/

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Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will be one of key players in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coming leadership race as a candidate backed by him could draw broad support from nonmainstream members of the party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/11/japan/politics/japan-ldp-suga-key-player/