What is Prime Minister Ishiba’s goal ?
Prime Minister Ishiba stubbornly insists he does not want to resign as Prime Minister.
He repeatedly failing to challenge for the Liberal Democratic Party(hereinafter called LDP) of Japan president position which is a prerequisite for becoming Prime Minister, he finally became Prime Minister.He likely does not want to abandon his position as the nation’s highest power.
However, suffering crushing defeats in three consecutive elections means the majority of the public has rejected the Ishiba administration.
Prime Minister Ishiba’s public statement is “I will fulfill my responsibilities to avoid a political vacuum,” but in other words, it’s as if he’s saying there’s no need to listen to the people’s opinions.
As a personal opinion, we believe there is a reason why Prime Minister Ishiba stubbornly insists on holding onto his positions as Prime Minister and LDP President.
We think Prime Minister Ishiba’s goal is to destroy the current LDP.
In other words, we feel his goal is to completely remove the conservative wing from the LDP.
And I suspect he is considering establishing a new coalition government after the LDP splits, including opposition parties often labeled as left-leaning.
In fact, there are reports that a certain opposition party has decided not to submit a motion of no confidence against the cabinet.
Might he have been quietly preparing to form this new coalition government ?
However, this is not only Prime Minister Ishiba’s goal. It is likely the shared goal of many self-identified liberal LDP members, led by former Prime Minister Kishida who supports Ishiba.
For example, the candidate who stated during the recent LDP presidential election that she “received many voices calling for Japan’s first female prime minister” actually voted for Ishiba in the Diet member vote, not for the female candidate Takaichi.
In other words, this candidate utilized the keyword “female.” But in fact, it seems the premise of being liberal was attached.
At this rate, Japan’s shift toward the far left will not stop.
As incidents of violence against Japanese nationals occur in China, Foreign Minister Iwaya has agreed to a “mutual acceptance of school trips” with China.
Is this an attempt to covertly support China’s hostage diplomacy ?
Also, is the Ishiba administration expected to build friendly relations with the current South Korean government ?
Even if they achieve national unification of Korea (the unification of South and North Korea), they will likely continue anti-Japan policies as a diplomatic tool.
We must not forget that a unified Korea would become a nuclear weapons nation.
Those individuals who label anyone discussing national defense as right-wing, while claiming Article 9 of the Constitution is Japan’s defense capability, how exactly do they propose conducting equal diplomacy with a nuclear weapons nation pursuing anti-Japanese policies ?
Is Japan to apologize and provide compensation repeatedly, as Korea and the leftists in Japan demand ?And are they saying Takeshima should be offered as part of that compensation ?
Left-wing lawmakers and their supporters who previously shouted “The LDP’s Ishiba administration must resign!” are now showing strange behavior.
Individuals who usually claim “Accept the will of the people as indicated by election results” are now saying, “Ishiba must not resign.”
This feels similar to their stance of “Accept diversity” while simultaneously “completely excluding those who disagree.”
In fact, the Social Democratic Party (hereinafter called SDP) of Japan that claimed “the anger of the people who want to end LDP politics was felt nationwide” is supporting Prime Minister Ishiba.
Incidentally, the SDP has made blocking the Anti-Spy Law its slogan.
Reference: YOMIURI ONLINE(2025/07/31)
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20250731-OYT1T50000
Reference: THE SANKEI SHINBUN(2025/07/31)
https://www.sankei.com/article/20250728-Z5RH7BLJKVICFB7ZL5U46PYPCE
https://www.sankei.com/article/20250402-7J5ROQ3YVVAC3PQ3XWUOIYKRUU
Reference: TOKYO SHINBUN(2025/08/01)
https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/353431
Reference: THE SANKEI SHINBUN(2025/08/01)
https://www.sankei.com/article/20250730-TLA2PAQF4BEYLFOUW56ULQYFIY/?outputType=theme_election2025
https://www.sankei.com/article/20250724-QYXGPTFY35EQLIPHMJJ7QUBYYE/?outputType=theme_election2025
Reference: ASAHI SHINBUN(2025/08/02)
https://www.asahi.com/articles/AST7T3D77T7TUTIL033M.html
Reference: YOMIURI ONLINE(2025/08/01)
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/20241027-OYT1T50081
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2025/08/02