Anthony Kuhn
Appearances
NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-11-2024 2PM EST
No candidate won a majority of votes in the House of Representatives, so it came down to the first runoff vote in 30 years. The opposition could not unite around a single candidate either, so lawmakers voted for incumbent Shigeru Ishiba to stay on. Without a majority in Parliament, he'll have to scrape together enough votes to get individual bills and policies through the legislature.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-11-2024 2PM EST
Another challenge Ichiba faces is warding off tariffs that a second Trump administration could levy on Japanese exports. Ichiba is trying to arrange a meeting with the president-elect before or after a G20 summit in Brazil this month. Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul.