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What is Prime Minister Ishiba’s goal ?

Prime Minister Ishiba stubbornly claims that he does not want to give up his position as prime minister.He has repeatedly lost his bid to become president of the Liberal Democratic Party(hereinafter called LDP) of Japan, which is a prerequisite for becoming prime minister, and finally secured the position of president.
He finally got his hands on the seat of Japan’s supreme power, so he probably doesn’t want to let it go.However, it is a fact that LDP led by Prime Minister Ishiba suffered three consecutive humiliating setback in the election. In other words, the majority of the people rejected the Ishiba administration.
Prime Minister Ishiba’s official statement is that he will “fulfill his responsibilities without creating a political vacuum,” but in other words, this is equivalent to disregarding the opinions of the majority people.

In my personal opinion, there is a reason why Prime Minister Ishiba is stubbornly sitting on the seat of Prime Minister and LDP president.
We think Prime Minister Ishiba’s goal is to destroy the current LDP.
In other words, isn’t his goal to completely remove conservative wing from LDP ?
Possibly, after the breakup of LDP, he may be thinking that he will establish a coalition government with the opposition parties that are said to be on the left.
In fact, there are news reports that an opposition party has decided not to submit a motion of no confidence in the cabinet.
The possibility of a new coalition government will be established ?

However, this is not only the goal of Prime Minister Ishiba. It can be said that this is the goal of many self-proclaimed liberal LDP members, led by former Prime Minister Kishida who supports Ishiba.
For example, in the previous election for the president of LDP, the person who said “I received many votes to become the first female prime minister,” did not vote for Takaichi-san who was other female candidate, but voted for Ishiba-san. In other words, although she used the keyword “ female” to make herself sound good, it seems that she actually had the prerequisite of being liberal.

At this rate, Japan’s shift to the extreme left will not stop.
}Amid incidents of violence against Japanese nationals in China, Foreign Minister Iwaya has agreed to a “mutual acceptance of school trips” with China.
Is this to support China’s hostage diplomacy ?

Furthermore, does the Ishiba administration want to establish friendly relations with the current South Korean administration ?
Even if they achieve the reunification of their homeland (the reunification of South Korea and North Korea), they will continue to pursue anti-Japanese policies as a diplomatic tool.
We must not forget that the unified Korea will become the nuclear weapons state.
Those who say that talking about national defense makes one right-wing while claiming that Article 9 of the Constitution is Japan’s defense force, how do they plan to conduct diplomacy on an equal level with the nuclear weapon states whose government policy is anti-Japanese ?
Will Japan apologize and provide compensation as many times as South Korea demands?
And does Japan intend to offer Takeshima as part of the compensation?

Please understand that what we have written here is solely our  personal opinion.

Left-wing opposition supporters who usually shout about accepting the results of elections are now saying, “Ishiba, don’t quit!”
These people claim to respect diversity, but this proves that their way of thinking is to thoroughly eliminate anyone who disagrees with them.
In fact, despite saying that “we felt the anger of the people who want to end LDP politics throughout the country,” the Social Democratic Party(hereinafter called SDP) of Japan says it supports Prime Minister Ishiba.
Incidentally, the Social Democratic Party’s slogan is “Stop the Anti-Spy Law.”

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