In Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, who a few days ago was elected leader of the conservative government party, the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), and who is therefore destined to become prime minister, said that the elections to renew the House of Representatives, the lower house of parliament, They will be held On October 27th. The date has not yet been officially set because Ishiba will only take office tomorrow, Tuesday 1 October, after a parliamentary vote: However, he said he wanted to provide the news to facilitate the organization of the vote that will actually take place. Place with this little notice.
Elections were supposed to be held by October 2025, but Ishiba said during a press conference that he wanted a popular mandate to implement his policies: “It is important that citizens judge the new administration as quickly as possible.” Ishiba, considered a centrist within the LDP, was elected new leader after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced his intention not to run again in elections to determine his party’s leadership due to a series of scandals over alleged irregularities in the party’s fundraising.
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