Japan Is Facing Extended Turbulence With or Without Ishiba
The prime minister has a lot riding on this weekend’s upper house elections.
An election notice board in Kobe, Japan, displaying posters of candidates for the upper house elections.
Photographer: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images AsiaPac
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It’s shaping up to be a rocky weekend for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.