Japan is headed into a consequential election season. On September 29th, the ruling political party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), will determine within its own ranks who will be their next president and effectively the next prime minister of Japan following the current Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s announcement he will not seek re-election as LDP leader. After which Japan’s parliament, the National Diet, will officially choose Japan’s next prime minister on October 4th. This then sets the stage for the election for Japan’s House of Representatives on October 17th—the first lower house election since 2017.
What to Expect from Japan’s Upcoming Elections – by Riley Walters (hudson.org)



