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Who Will Lead Japan?

Japan’s next Prime Minister could shape the region’s future.
Who Will Lead Japan?
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Sascha Hannig
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On Oct. 4, 2025, Japan will choose its fourth prime minister in five years, since Shigeru Ishiba resigned after only a year in office due to internal pressures within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Although leadership changes in a parliamentary system are common, the process comes at a time of economic uncertainty and social transformations in Japanese society, which are paired with increasing geopolitical tensions around the Asia–Pacific region.

Sascha Hannig
Sascha Hannig
Author
Sascha Hannig Nunez is a Chilean international analyst with experience as a financial reporter. She currently consults for several organizations, is the Executive Secretary at the recently founded Centro de Análisis para la Democracia, Chile (CAD Chile), and supports the Global Governance Institute at Hitotsubashi University as a Research Assistant. Her main fields of study are China’s global influence and the implications of science and technology in society. Hannig has a master’s degree from Adolfo Ibáñez University, a master’s degree in Global Governance at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, and is a Ph.D. Student at the same institution as a JICA Scholar for the SDG Global Leaders program. In addition to her academic interests, she is a published fiction novelist with six novels.