Japan’s ruling party is in crisis

The newspaper Mainichi has polled approval of the Japanese government regularly since July 1947. During that time the country has had 34 prime ministers, including plenty of forgettable faces and reviled figures. But according to the newspaper’s surveys none has been more unpopular than Japan’s current leader, Kishida Fumio. In December disapproval of his administration reached a record high of 79

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“That faction has been a staunch advocate of strengthening Japan’s defences. “We lose that engine,” says Mutai Shunsuke, an ldp lower-house member”