Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to step down in September, following public disaffection over political scandals and rising living costs that marred his three-year term. On Asia First, Hairianto Diman examines the possible reasons for his decision to not seek re-election in the upcoming party contest and who might succeed him as the Japanese premier with Lim Tai Wei, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

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