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Japan After Ishiba

No easy avenues

Sep 18, 2025
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By: Rupakjyoti Borah
The sun also sets?

The sudden September 7 resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has sent domestic politics into disarray, leaving the country facing myriad problems on both the domestic and external fronts, including a severely aging and declining population, a high national debt exacerbated by economic stagnation, imm…

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