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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends the 25th ASEAN plus Three (APT) Summit during the ASEAN summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 12, 2022. REUTERS/Cindy Liu
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Support for Japan PM Kishida's cabinet slumps - media poll

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan June 13, 2023. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS
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Why Japanese Prime Minister Kishida may call a snap election soon

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives to attend APEC Leader's Dialogue with APEC Business Advisory Council during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. Lillian Suwanrumpha/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Third Japanese cabinet minister in a month resigns in blow to PM

FILE PHOTO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 28, 2022. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS
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Approval of Japan PM Kishida's gov't hits new low, no help from economic plan

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. File Photo: Reuters
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Japan PM's support slides, hit by anger over church and funeral

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a news conference, after the results of the Upper House elections, at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan July 11, 2022. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS
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Kishida support edges up post-election, but hurdles linger for agenda

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wears a protective mask after a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan April 17, 2020. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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How possible successors stack up after Japan PM Abe resigns