"Japan's incoming PM, Shigeru Ishiba, said Monday that a general election will be held on Oct. 27"
"[This] triggered an immediate backlash from the opposition bloc, as Ishiba...had said during the LDP leadership campaign that he would [call for a general election] only after allowing sufficient time for debate on various issues"
🔸Much horse-trading seems to have taken place with LDP executives "to keep [LDP] together after a divisive leadership race"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240930/p2g/00m/0na/019000c
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