Japan got a new prime minister on October 1, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build an Asian NATO to face down China. Ishiba, 67, says he intends to call a general election for October 27. He won a tight race on September 27 to lead...

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