{"id":66209,"date":"2024-08-14T11:48:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T02:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/aug\/14\/japan-pm-fumio-kishida-stepping-down-september"},"modified":"2024-08-14T19:26:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T10:26:16","slug":"japan-pm-fumio-kishida-announces-he-will-step-down-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=66209","title":{"rendered":"Japan PM Fumio Kishida announces he will step down in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kishida\u2019s three-year term has been marked by scandal, rising living costs and record defence spending<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he will not run for the presidency of his ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) next month \u2013 a decision that will result in the appointment of a new leader of the world\u2019s fourth-biggest economy.<\/p>\n<p>Kishida, who has been battling low approval ratings and a damaging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/apr\/28\/anger-at-party-funding-scandal-in-japan-threatens-to-bring-down-pm-kishida\">fundraising scandal<\/a>, said he would step down as LDP leader in September, telling reporters on Wednesday that the party needed an \u201copen contest to promote debate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/aug\/14\/japan-pm-fumio-kishida-stepping-down-september\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kishida\u2019s three-year term has been marked by scandal, rising living costs and record defence spendingJapan\u2019s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he will not run for the presidency of his ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) next month \u2013 a decision&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,88,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-japan","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66217,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66209\/revisions\/66217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}