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  1. Sep 3, 2021 · Had Suga stayed on, the LDP would likely have stayed in power but would have lost seats at the election. This would have made governing more difficult and increased political instability.

    • Too Many Problems For One Leader
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    • Opening The Door to A New Generation in Politics

    The concern is that whoever wins the election will find the problems that bedevil Japan similarly difficult to surmount. And failure to achieve measurable improvements will end with the leader once again being forced out of office. Japan is still facing the ongoing pandemic, an accompanying economic downturn,falling incomes, widening social dispari...

    Since Japan's wartime defeat in 1945, only five prime ministers have remained in office for five years or more. "It's true that staying in power is perhaps harder for a Japanese leader than in other countries because of the factional nature of the different parties, with groups all jostling to have their own person as the leader, but it is reaching...

    That optimism is encouraged by a number of relatively young members of the National Diet (Japan's legislature) who have put themselves forward for the post of prime minister, she said. Taro Kono, the minister for administrative reform, is the front-runner in the race and is just 58 years old –– young for a Japanese politician. Fumio Kishida, a form...

  2. Sep 5, 2021 · Had Suga stayed on, the LDP would likely have stayed in power but would have lost seats at the election. This would have made governing more difficult and increased political instability.

  3. Sep 3, 2021 · Suga, whose popularity plummeted after he failed to rein in the Covid-19 outbreak, announced on Friday he would not seek re-election in this month’s leadership race for the ruling Liberal...

  4. Sep 12, 2021 · On 3 September Suga duly announced that he would not run for the leadership on 29 September, setting the stage for a new prime minister to lead the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) into Japan’s general election. How will things be different for Suga’s successor? The selection of the new LDP leader is hostage to two counterveiling forces.

  5. Sep 3, 2021 · The resignation of careworn, charisma-starved prime minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday parks Japan in a familiar spot. The top job has now changed hands 10 times in the past two decades and the ...

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  7. Aug 19, 2021 · Even if the ruling bloc manages to stay in power through the elections, Suga could come under pressure to step down if his coalition loses enough seats, some analysts say.

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