Why Japan’s Kishida finally called it quits

TOKYO — As Fumio Kishida bows out of Japanese leadership, let’s first dispense with the spin about why. No, Prime Minister Kishida isn’t falling on his sword because of slush fund scandals. These are about as rare for his Liberal Democratic Party as Tokyoites eating raw fish. What derailed Kishida was an underperforming economy –
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