Japan To See New Prime Minister As PM Fumio Kishida Bows Out Of LDP Leadership Election

Headline: Free Press Journal

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down as ruling party leader in September, media reported on Wednesday, ending a three-year term during which he pushed for higher wages and ramped up defence spending.
Deccan Herald
Kishida was elected president of his governing Liberal Democratic Party in 2021 and his three-year term expires in September.
CBS News
Kishida, 67, has been in office since October 2021 and has seen his poll ratings slide sharply in response to rising prices hitting Japanese incomes.
Le Monde (English)
The announcement means that Kishida will step down as the premier of the fourth largest economy in the world amid a scandal over political funding.
ABP Live

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