Everything's coming up Ishiba

The opposition is fading just as the upper house campaign ramps up

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru samples ume and ginger with representatives of JA Wakayama. Source: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan

With five weeks until the upper house elections, Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has regained lost ground and, more importantly, arrested the momentum of the opposition parties. The ruling coalition appears increasingly poised to retain its control of the House of Councillors, enabling Ishiba to stay in power.