Author: Michael Macarthur Bosack

Pyeongtaek, South Korea – Breaking news from Pyeongtaek, South Korea! Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dropped a bombshell today by announcing that he will not seek reelection in the upcoming Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. This means that Japan will soon have a new leader at the helm. With over a year left in his current term, many are left wondering why Kishida made this unexpected decision. Here are five key points to help shed some light on the situation: Firstly, while the timing of Kishida’s announcement may have caught some off guard, the regular turnover of LDP prime ministers every…