Kishida Exit No Quick Fix for Japan’s Woes
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a news conference in Tokyo today.
Photographer: Philip Fong/AFP/Bloomberg
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Stubbornly low ratings left Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with little choice but to step aside today ahead of September’s race to pick the next leader of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party.