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Yet another Japanese Prime Minister has found themselves embroiled in a financial scandal, with Shigeru Ishiba seeing his approval hitting record lows. So in this video, we’ll explain what’s happened and whether we could see a fifth PM in as many years.
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Sources:
Gift voucher scandal & Ishiba’s response:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-pm-apologises-giving-out-gifts-clouding-budget-prospects-2025-03-14/
https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2025031700335/?cx_recs_click=true
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/japan/politics/pm-kishida-gift-vouchers/
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250319/p2a/00m/0na/018000c
Post-scandal polling:
https://observingjapan.substack.com/p/that-sinking-feeling
https://observingjapan.substack.com/p/tracking-the-japanese-governments-423
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15671613
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/03/3e30892c96e2-urgent-ishiba-cabinet-support-rate-dives-to-27-lowest-since-taking-office.html
Inflation and rice price:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-25/ishiba-plans-powerful-inflation-measures-ahead-of-election
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250325/p2g/00m/0bu/014000c
Trump’s tariffs on foreign cars & Japan response:
https://www.ft.com/content/25d5bbfb-a567-4778-a15a-f3c8f56e2bea
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/27/economy/auto-tariff-reax/
https://www.jri.co.jp/MediaLibrary/file/report/research/pdf/15624.pdf
Chances of ousting Ishiba:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/politics/ishiba-replacement/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/politics/ishiba-support-rate-tanks/
Resignation polling:
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15671613
https://observingjapan.substack.com/p/that-sinking-feeling
