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☆ Japan's new Prime Minister Ishiba unveils cabinet ahead of snap election
  + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 06: Japanese former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on September 06, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Ishiba and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi are the front runners in the race of the upcoming presidential election for the ruling Liberal Democratic party of Japan (LDP) according to recent polling. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday unveiled his cabinet as he seeks to heal party divisions and secure a national mandate with an Oct. 27 snap election. The 67-year-old former defence minister, who last week won a close-fought contest to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was confirmed earlier in the day as prime minister by parliament. Yoji Muto, a former junior minister, will take charge at the economy, trade and industry ministry.
Persons: Shigeru Ishiba, Ishiba, Shinjiro Koizumi, Tomohiro Ohsumi, Katsunobu Kato, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Kato, Sanae, Takeshi Iwaya, Gen Nakatani, Yoji Organizations: Defense, Foreign, Club of Japan, Liberal Democratic, Liberal Democratic Party, Washington, NATO, Nikkei Locations: TOKYO, JAPAN, Tokyo, Japan, United States, China, Beijing, U.S, East Asia, North Korea, Russian
☆ Ex-defense minister Ishiba tops corporate Japan's premier wish list, Reuters poll shows
  + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Japanese former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Sept. 6, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFormer defense minister Shigeru Ishiba is corporate Japan's top choice to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, edging out Sanae Takaichi, who strives to become the nation's first female premier, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday. About 24% of respondents named Ishiba as the most desirable candidate, compared with 22% for Economic Security Minister Takaichi and 16% for Shinjiro Koizumi, the 43-year-old son of former premier Junichiro Koizumi. watch nowIshiba generally fares better than Koizumi in public opinion polls, but Koizumi has often come out on top among LDP supporters. Ishiba has held cabinet portfolios for agriculture and reviving local economies besides serving as defense minister and LDP policy chief.
Persons: Shigeru Ishiba, Tomohiro Ohsumi, Fumio Kishida, Sanae Takaichi, Kishida, Takaichi, Shinjiro Koizumi, Junichiro Koizumi, Koizumi, Ishiba, Kazuo Ueda Organizations: Defense, Foreign, Club of Japan, Getty, Former, Liberal Democratic Party, LDP, Economic Security, Bank of Japan Locations: Tokyo, Japan, United States
☆ Kauan Okamoto alleges sexual abuse by late Japanese music morgul Johnny Kitagawa
  + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Helen Regan Sophie Jeong Alex Stambaugh | Helen Regan | Sophie Jeong | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
Japanese-Brazilian singer-songwriter Kauan Okamoto alleged during a press conference that over the course of four years, beginning in 2012 when he was 15, he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Kitagawa, who died age 87 in 2019. In 1999, Japanese magazine Shukan Bunshun published accounts of other young men and boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Kitagawa. They ‘knew it was my turn’Singer-songwriter Okamoto joined Kitagawa’s agency in February 2012 while he was in junior high school. Okamoto said Kitagawa would often invite these young recruits to spend the night in his apartment, and pick “favorites” among the boys. “He began massaging my feet,” Okamoto said, and alleged that Kitagawa touched his genitals and performed oral sex on him.
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