The resignation of Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sets the stage for yet another ruling party leadership contest in Tokyo, the third in five years.
Ishiba announced his resignation on Sunday after less than a year in the role – following two crushing election losses in mid-term elections.
The country’s future leader now faces a daunting task – balancing fraught U.S.-Japan relations, rising inflation and a cost of living crisis, and a government that has lost its majority in both houses of parliament, the BBC said.
