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Close Aide to Japan PM Ishiba to Resign From Key Party Post
Hiroshi Moriyama offered to resign as LDP secretary-general taking responsibility for the July election loss that led to the party losing its majority in Japan's Upper House.
- On Sept 2, LDP secretary-general Hiroshi Moriyama offered to resign during a party meeting reviewing July's poor upper house election results.
- The ruling party's Sept 2 post-mortem concluded the July 20 election loss stemmed from policy missteps, poor communication, and failure to engage younger and conservative voters.
- The party's top ranks signalled turnover, with key LDP executives Hiroshi Moriyama, Shunichi Suzuki, and Itsunori Onodera expressing intentions to resign.
- The party faces a deadline on September 8 to decide whether to trigger an early leadership vote as a Yomiuri poll showed 128 of 342 electors favor a contest, which would oblige a moved-up race if over half submit requests.
- Despite internal pressure, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba insists he will remain, saying `Working on challenges that the party needs to address immediately is one way of taking responsibility`; a Kyodo poll shows 57.5 per cent support him continuing versus 40 per cent wanting him to resign.
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