Kishida will not seek another term, meaning Japan will get a new prime minister in September

Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek another term as his party’s leader, meaning Japan will get a new prime minister in September. Kishida was losing support because of corruption scandals within the Liberal Democratic Party. He said a new leader was a chance for the party to show it’s changing for the better: “We need to clearly show an LDP reborn.” Whoever wins the party’s leadership vote will succeed Kishida as prime minister because the party controls both houses of parliament. Kishida has removed a number of Cabinet ministers and party officials and dissolved party factions caught up in the money-for-favor allegations. But support for his government has continued to erode.