Bloomberg Quicktake | What You Need to Know About Japan's New PM Shigeru Ishiba @BloombergQuicktake | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Japan’s next Prime Minister #Shigeru Ishiba is a self-proclaimed policy wonk on defense matters whose friends consider him to be an “oddball.” #japan #politics #worldnews

His surprise win at the fifth attempt to become leader of Japan’s ruling party hands the reins of power to a political moderate who is popular with the public and wants to tackle rural economic decline without resorting to radical reform.

He will also focus on cleaning up the ruling party’s image and forming closer security ties with #Asian partners including the prospect of forming an “Asian NATO.”

Read more: bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-27/japan-s-oddball-leader-ishiba-wants-to-boost-military-beat-deflation?sref=omvmmwIg

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