New Japan PM Ishiba won’t last long as challenges, political turmoil await: analysts
Ishiba, 67, who won the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership vote on Friday, will be elected premier by parliament on Tuesday.
Toshimitsu Shigemura in asian news
Shenzhen stabbing: boy’s death sparks anger in Japan over China’s ‘anti-Japanese’ education
The fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old Japanese boy in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has ignited a wave of anger in Japan, with critics accusing Beijing of fostering anti-Japanese sentiment through its education system and state-controlled media.
As China’s sway over Pacific islands grows, will Japan counter by coming to Palau’s aid?
Anson’s concerns don’t end there. She also noted that Chinese ships have been sighted conducting research activities in Palau’s extended continental shelf area – a development that has analysts worried.
Japan’s atom-bombed cities rebuke Israel from ‘moral high ground’
But this year, the city’s mayor is withholding the invitation, in a move analysts say carries symbolic weight that reflects Nagasaki’s “moral high ground” as a site of nuclear devastation, as well as the increasingly negative views of Israel held by the Japanese public.
Kishida set to get boost from Biden’s comment on ‘shameful’ incarceration of Japanese-Americans in WWII
“Biden wants to build on the existing relationship with Tokyo and help the regional security alliance, while Kishida knows that the support of Washington is important for his chances of retaining power in the party and when he calls the general election.” Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor of international relations at Tokyo’s Waseda University, told This Week in Asia.