Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/315532 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 6/2025
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
Ishiba Shigeru became prime minister of Japan in October 2024, after unexpectedly winning the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). His long-desired success came with a bitter aftertaste, however. After a poor showing for the LDP in the lower house elections at the end of October 2024, Ishiba now heads a minority government. His party is mired in crisis over the largest political funding scandal in decades, while upper house elections are scheduled for the summer of 2025. Domestic politics will undoubtedly demand Ishiba's attention in the coming months - at a time when the country faces tremendous foreign and security challenges.
Subjects: 
Japan
Ishiba Shigeru
minority government
Liberal Democratic Party
LDP
Komeito
political funding scandal
Abe Shinzo
Kishida Fumio
Noda Yoshihiko
Constitutional Democratic Party
CDP
Japan Innovation Party
JIP
Democratic Party for the People
DPFP
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Document Type: 
Research Report

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