https://www.tuj.ac.jp/icas/events/2014-04-26
In September Japan’s ruling coalition partners, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Komeito, chose new leaders -- fresh faces to lead their respective parties. A month later, both parties suffered humiliating defeats in the House of Representatives election. The Komeito leader lost his seat in the Diet and had to resign. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, badly wounded by LDP’s loss of ...