Japanese Prime Minister Shigro Ishiba announced his resignation on Sunday to avoid division of the ruling liberal Democratic Party.
His resignation, Japan, the fourth largest economy in the world and a major American ally, falls into a state of new political uncertainty amid high cost of living, rice policy reforms, increased tensions in the regions, and the impact of American definitions on its economy.
Since Ishiba took office last year, his alliance led by the Democratic Party, the majority of his majority in the elections for both House of Parliament amid the wrath of the voters because of the costs of living, including the historical defeat in the elections of Japan’s board of directors in July.
He had faced increasing calls to resign, most of which were right -wing opponents inside his party, which was governing Japan for almost the post -war era.
The requests for early leadership elections or the resignation of Ishiba gained more traction last week when the LDP adopted a review of its upper loss in July, which called for a party’s “full reform”.
On Monday, his party was scheduled to vote on early leadership elections, which is a virtual proposal without confidence against Ishiba if approved.
ISHIIBA put the completion of the details of the commercial deal with the United States last week, according to which Japan pledged at $ 550 billion of investments against a decrease in customs tariffs in the automotive sector.