Explainer-How will Japan pick its next leader?


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  • Sunday, 07 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the lower house of the parliament as Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his policy speech in Tokyo, Japan, November 29, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - With Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announcing his resignation, attention turns to who will next steer the world's fourth-largest economy.

The process to pick Japan's next leader is more complicated than before as Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for most of the post-war period, and its junior coalition partner lost their majorities in both houses of parliament during his tenure.

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