{"id":5883,"date":"2025-09-07T19:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=5883"},"modified":"2025-09-07T19:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:04:36","slug":"japans-pm-ishiba-quits-after-party-suffers-election-setbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/07\/japans-pm-ishiba-quits-after-party-suffers-election-setbacks","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s PM Ishiba quits after party suffers election setbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:a829600f-c39e-404d-8786-43733ef79fb9-40\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-82\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-sm:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"284ba676-2acf-4828-bee7-d6cf3c91b71d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4-1-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"229\">Tokyo: Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has stepped down following a string of election defeats that have weakened his party\u2019s hold on power. The resignation signals a major leadership change in the fourth-largest economy globally.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"521\">During Ishiba\u2019s tenure, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost its majority in both houses of parliament, creating a complex political situation. The party must now select a new leader, who may not automatically become prime minister given the current fragmented political scenario.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"796\">The leadership contest will involve a two-round voting process, including both party lawmakers and grassroots members nationwide. The new leader will face the challenge of stabilizing the government and could potentially call early elections to secure wider public support.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"870\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The schedule for choosing Ishiba\u2019s successor has not yet been finalized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo: Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has stepped down following a string of election defeats that have weakened his party\u2019s hold on power. The resignation signals a major leadership change in the fourth-largest economy globally. During Ishiba\u2019s tenure, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost its majority in both houses of parliament, creating a complex &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[160,3087,3089,3090,3088,2626,2294],"class_list":["post-5883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-headline","tag-ishibas","tag-japans-prime-minister-shigeru-ishiba","tag-lawmakers","tag-liberal-democratic-party","tag-tokyo","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5885,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5883\/revisions\/5885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}