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👇🚨🗼This Sunday's election in Japan is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent years: the LDP’s majority is on the line. I’ve got all 47 district races covered in my latest newsletter post, available in FULL for premium subscribers! nihonpolitics.substack.com/p/make-or-brea…
>Mainichi Shinbun says PM Ishiba is resigning in August. Fuck up. >Ishiba meets with former LDP Prime Ministers. > After the meeting, PM Ishiba announces that no, he is NOT resigning (to the chagrin of Aso, Kishida and Suga?) Wow
Takaichi Sanae just met with Aso Taro in his office. Aso is probably not happy with Ishiba's decision to continue as PM of Japan today.
自民党・高市早苗が、麻生太郎最高顧問の事務所を訪問し、約１５分間会談
We root for Ishiba-san here. He loves trains and Ramen. Good enough.
According to the Sankei, Izumi will be part of the CDPJ parliamentary group in the Upper House. Important. He ran as an independent but endorsed by the party. sankei.com/article/202507…
Impressive performance yesterday by Izumi Fusaho, the popular former Mayor of Akashi, to become the first Opposition-linked member to represent Hyogo in years. He won every municipality.
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#石破やめるな
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba appeared before the press to strongly deny media reports that he was intending to resign at the end of August.
No WAIT WAIT. x.com/Nihonpolitics/…
BREAKING🚨: Ishiba Shigeru will be resigning in August as Prime Minister of Japan, less than a year after he got the job. mainichi.jp/articles/20250…
Extra editions that wrongly called Ishiba's resignation selling on Mercari already.
読売新聞の石破退陣の号外誤報がメルカリで売られてて草。
Did someone try to force Ishiba's hand to resign leaking it to the press?
Holy shit. PM Ishiba says now that he is going nowhere!
This is interesting: former Abe lieutenant/LDP policy chief Hagiuda, along with member Sato Tsutomu, are publicly musing about leaving the government to the opposition. (I guess they’re expecting them to fumble it as badly as in 2009, so the people will rush back to the LDP like…
【下野すべき】自民党・佐藤勉が森山裕幹事長と面会し「野党に政権を明け渡すべき」と伝える。
Dewi Sukarno, wife of the late President Sukarno from Indonesia appears to be a Sanseito supporter.
参政党大躍進！ 1席から14席も獲得。みんなが心の中で思っていたこと、願っていたこと、考えていたこと、不安に感じていたこと、怒りを覚えていたことなどを、具体的かつ明快に主張したことが人々の心を動かしたのでしょう。それが「輪」となり、「力」となったのだと思います。 続く
One of the surprises of the election was Anno Takahiro, AI engineer & sci-fi enthusiast who won a seat under his Mirai ("Team Future") party. A newcomer to politics, his platform focuses on digitization, participatory democracy & tech-driven policy, with support mainly in Tokyo
本日、#米国ホワイトハウス に行きました。#任務完了 しました。全ての関係者に心から感謝です。帰りにホワイトハウス内の階段の踊り場で、#カナダ・カナナスキス・サミット の際に #トランプ大統領 と会談中の上司（#石破茂総理）の写真を発見したので記念撮影しました。 #ゆっくり急ぐ