key takeaways
- Ishiba Shigeru has announced his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership team and his cabinet lineup before his 1 October election as prime minister.
- Takaichi Sanae and other conservatives spurned Ishiba’s offers to roles, suggesting that he could face a right wing “internal opposition.”
- Ishiba indicated that he will call a 27 October snap election, as he hopes to strengthen his government’s base against intra-LDP and opposition attacks.
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