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Kishida likely casualty in Japan’s political slush fund scandal

Japan’s prime minister is unlikely to survive beyond the end of his term as LDP leader in September.

  • Ben Ascione

May 2023

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to welcome leaders of the world’s largest advanced economies to the G7 summit in Hiroshima.

The pacifist from Hiroshima rebuilding Japan’s defences

Doubling down on a security agenda that hawkish former leader Shinzo Abe could only dream of, Fumio Kishida is increasing military spending and concentrating on security pacts.

  • Michael Smith

June 2022

A bucket-wheel reclaimer

Japan divests some coal but still needs fossil fuels – analysts

The sale of Mitsui’s Queensland coal assets reflects Japan’s decarbonisation push but analysts say demand for Australian fossil fuels is still high.

  • Michael Smith

January 2022

The way in which Fumio Kishida came to power means he still depends on the conservative nationalist LDP faction bosses.

No signs of policy reform or creativity under Kishida

When inspiration is needed, Japan’s PM seems more likely to avoid rocking the boat and to co-operate with the LDP’s conservative nationalist faction bosses.

  • Ben Ascione

Japan joins the top ranks of Australian military allies

The agreement firmly ties together Australia and Japan as anchors in the southern and northern Pacific respectively.

  • Andrew Tillett
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October 2021

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the hustings this week. Voters don’t expect much to change.

Japan goes to the polls as Kishida vows to fix economy

Japan is facing its tightest election race in a decade but PM Fumio Kishida is expected to emerge with a mandate to kick-start the world’s third-largest economy.

  • Michael Smith
Fumio Kishida takes part in a debate on Monday.

Japan’s Kishida woos voters with Abenomics critique

Borrowing from the opposition’s policy playbook is a tactic the long-ruling LDP has often used with success.

  • Linda Sieg
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, centre, and other lawmakers speak after dissolving the lower house.

Japanese PM dissolves lower house to make way for election

Fumio Kishida says he is seeking a mandate for his policies after being elected Prime Minister by parliament only 10 days ago.

  • Mari Yamaguchi
Fumio Kishida

Japan’s LDP manifesto focuses on coronavirus, defence

Voters want to see a government with a plan to end the pandemic and rebuild a weak economy.

  • Ju-min Park
Fumio Kishida is applauded after being elected Japan’s prime minister in the parliament’s lower house on Monday.

Kishida appointed Prime Minister as election looms

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party used its majority to formally elect Fumio Kishida, who will be the second premier in about a year.

  • Isabel Reynolds
Fumio Kishida’s victory was a spectacle scripted, performed and cranked across screens by traditional LDP machine politics.

Kishida will need to defy the odds of Japanese political longevity

The real test for the new Prime Minister will be whether he can, like Shinzo Abe, beat the trend of Japanese postwar leaders lasting only about two years.

  • Leo Lewis

September 2021

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The party contest won, Kishida’s next job is to convince voters

Fumio Kishida must prepare to guide the LDP not only through a general election that must be held by November, but an upper house poll next year.

  • Isabel Reynolds and Shoko Oda
Fumio Kishida: “The LDP leadership election is over. Let us all face the lower house and the upper house elections as one.”

Japan’s former foreign minister to become PM

Fumio Kishida replaces outgoing party leader Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who is stepping down after serving only one year since taking office last September.

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  • Antoni Slodkowski, Ju-min Park and Kiyoshi Takenaka
The four candidate for leadership of the LDP, from left, Taro Kono, Fumio Kishida, Sanae Takaichi and Seiko Noda.

Will Japan’s new optimism survive PM choice?

Japan is on the mend and the vibe is upbeat. Who knows – the country’s governing party may even elect a new leader who is prepared to tackle desperately needed reforms.

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  • Melanie Brock
The four candidate for leadership of the LDP, from left, Taro Kono, Fumio Kishida, Sanae Takaichi and Seiko Noda.

Outcome uncertain as Japan’s ruling party votes on next PM

The winner of the contest to lead the conservative LDP is almost certain to succeed unpopular Yoshihide Suga as premier.

  • Linda Sieg
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The Quad is setting up its own Belt and Road.

Quad steps up response to China’s Belt and Road

Quad leaders want a competing Belt and Road Initiative and Prime Minister Scott Morrison says this should not be seen as ‘anti-China’.

  • Matthew Cranston
Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Morrison’s most successful mission accomplished

Scott Morrison will fly back to Australia after stealing the limelight in the US with an alliance deal that has successfully overshadowed any criticism of his climate policies.

  • Matthew Cranston
Scott Morrison will deliver a sharp message on China to the UN and seal a new deal with the Quad nations on critical minerals.

PM urges world leaders to stand up to China

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will deliver a strong message to the UN on China on its coercive tactics.

  • Matthew Cranston
Mass vaccination in Portugal, which has nearly 85 per cent of its population jabbed. Joe Biden has called for wealthy countries to help the developing world.

Biden calls on rich countries to step up vaccine donations

President said the US will buy another 500 million doses of Pfizer vaccine for donation abroad, pushing its total donation pledge above 1.1 billion jabs.

  • Josh Wingrove

Biden, Morrison in lock-step for Indo-Pacific investment

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and US President Joe Biden have agreed to move “lock-step” on issues of climate change and protecting democracy.

  • Matthew Cranston

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