| 英文摘要 |
岸田前首相は世論調査での支持率が長期にわたり低迷していたことをうけ、自民党総裁の職務を任期限りで辞任することを2024年8月14日に表明した。それは首相を辞任するということでもあり、政治献金スキャンダルの責任をとったものであった。自民党総裁選は石破茂が新総裁に選出され、国会も石破を首相に選出したが、石破は就任直後に衆議院を解散し、就任から戦後最短で国会解散・総選挙を行った首相となった。 しかし第50回衆議院選挙の結果は石破と自民党にとって理想とはほど遠く、自民党は衆院過半数を喪失し、連立を組む公明党との議席を合わせても過半数をとることができず、日本の政界は非常に不安定となった。石破は首相にとどまり政治改革を推進し続けると公約したが、メディアの世論調査では石破の支持率がすでに大幅に落ちる一方、不支持率は上昇しており、国民の普遍的な「政治不信」は石破の首相としての先行きを非常に不安定なものとしている。 Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida publicly announced on August 14 2024 that he would not renew his term as president of the Liberal Democratic Party due to long-term sluggishness in poll support, which was equivalent to the Prime Minister resigning and assuming political responsibility for the political donation scandal. The Liberal Democratic Party elected Shigeru Ishiba as its new president, and Japan’s National Assembly also elected Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister. After taking office, Ishiba announced the dissolution of the House of Representatives, setting a record for the shortest time for a prime minister to announce the dissolution of Congress and re-election in the post-war era. However, the results of the 50th House of Representatives re-election were very unsatisfactory for Ishiba Shigeru and the Liberal Democratic Party. The Liberal Democratic Party lost more than half of the seats in the House of Representatives, and the Liberal Democratic Party and the allied Komeito Party were unable to gain more than half of the political strength, resulting in a considerable crisis in Japanese politics of instability. Although Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay in office and continue to promote political reform, poll results from Japanese news media showed that Shigeru Ishiba’s public support has dropped sharply, and the disapproval rate for Shigeru Ishiba has increased in the polls, reflecting widespread dissatisfaction among the Japanese people. This growing sense of“Political disbelief”has made Ishiba Shigeru’s prospects as prime minister quite unstable. |