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South China Morning Post
5 days ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Japan's Ishiba finds unlikely support to stay in power, and prevent far-right shift
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba 's future is uncertain , but an unlikely campaign for him to stay was growing online this week, including from people who are his natural political opponents. The life raft has emerged since upper house elections on Sunday deprived Ishiba's coalition of an upper house majority, months after it suffered a similar disaster in the lower chamber. Despite Ishiba, 68, insisting that he has not discussed his resignation with members of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), multiple reports say that it is just a matter of time. Some conservative members of the LDP are collecting signatures to hold a special meeting to discuss a leadership election to oust Ishiba, Fuji TV reported on Friday. One reported signee is Sanae Takaichi, a hardline nationalist and one-time heavy metal drummer who lost a leadership contest to Ishiba in September. Takaichi, 64, would likely run again to lead the party – and become Japan's first woman prime minister if she wins – if Ishiba does depart.
South China Morning Post
19-07-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Radioactive Fukushima soil sent to Japanese PM's office in bid to ease radiation fears
Dozens of bags of mildly radioactive soil collected from near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant were delivered on Saturday to the Japanese prime minister's office, in an effort to show it is safe for reuse. Soon after the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, authorities scraped a layer of contaminated soil from swathes of land in Fukushima to reduce radiation levels. A vast quantity of soil – 14 million cubic metres – has since been stored at facilities near the Fukushima Daiichi plant, with the government setting a 2045 deadline for its transfer elsewhere in the country. Most of the stored soil contains low levels of radiation equivalent to or less than one X-ray per year for people who directly stand on or work with it, the environment ministry said. The government is desperate to set people's minds at ease about recycling the decontaminated soil, enough to fill 11 baseball stadiums. Officials have pledged to find final disposal sites outside Fukushima by 2045. A bag of slightly radioactive but decontaminated soil from Fukushima, is delivered to the Japanese prime minister's office on Saturday. Photo: AP
The Standard
14-07-2025
- Politics
- The Standard
Japan ruling party support plunges ahead of national election in NHK poll
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds a press conference after the G7 Leaders' Summit, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
