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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida , in a surprise move Wednesday, August 14, 2024, announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, paving the way for Japan to have a new prime minister.Kishida was elected president of his governing Liberal Democratic Party and became prime minister in 2021. His three-year term expires in September and whoever wins the party vote will succeed him as prime minister because the LDP controls both houses of parliament.
However, the leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, Kenta Izumi, said Kishida may have given up on pursuing party reforms and the investigation into the corruption scandals.“Whenever the party is in crisis, LDP, for its own survival, has repeatedly changed prime minister and party leader to reset and have voters forget the past,” Izumi said. “It's their strategy and people should not be tricked by it.
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