The head of the ruling party, Shigeru Ishiba, has been appointed the 102nd Prime Minister of Japan. UNN writes about this with reference to the Office of the Prime Minister of the country.
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On Tuesday morning, the previous government of Japan, headed by Fumio Kishida since 2021, resigned.
On the eve of , the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party changed, and since the party coalition controls the parliament, the new party leader, Shigeru Ishiba, was elected as the head of the government.
He pledged to continue the previous government's economic policies aimed at bringing Japan out of deflation and achieving real wage increases, while addressing such issues as Japan's declining birth rate and population, as well as its resilience to natural disasters.
Isiba also said he plans to schedule parliamentary elections for October 27.
He appointed former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who came in third in the party's leadership race, as chairman of the party's election working group.
He is expected to appoint expert and longtime confidant Takeshi Iwaya as foreign minister, and another confidant, General Nakatani, as chief of the General Staff.
As AR writes, Ishiba has proposed an Asian version of NATO's military alliance and more discussions among regional partners about the use of the U.S. nuclear deterrent. He also proposed a more equal U.S.-Japan security alliance, including joint management of U.S. bases in Japan and the deployment of Japan Self-Defense Forces bases in the United States.
Recently, Ishiba emphasized the need to strengthen Japan's security, noting recent violations of Japanese airspace by russian and Chinese military aircraft and repeated missile launches by North Korea.
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