His weakness is obvious. A May poll from Japan's NHK put Kishida's approval rating at a dismal 24%, down from 36% in October 2023. To remain Prime Minister, Kishida must stay on as president of the ruling LDP. But his current term in that role app ends in September, and an especially rough night for his party in special elections in April makes it unlikely that he can hold on.
How did Kishida get here? Rising consumer prices, a weak Japanese yen, and accusations of economic mismanagement have dogged Kishida. Nor is he helped by reports that Japan will slip to the world's fifth largest economy by 2025, just behind India. Months earlier, Japan fell into fourth place, behind Germany.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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