Japan's Prime Minister Promises To Transform His Party

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says he will reform the Liberal Democratic Party after the country's parliament voted to keep him at the helm.

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00:00Japan's new Prime Minister, Shibashigeru, has said that he will reform his party after

00:05the country's parliament voted to keep him in power.

00:07We have received the results of this tough election.

00:12We, the people, must be reborn as a nation that should have a nation-state.

00:22We will accept what the people are suffering, what they are saddened by, and what they are angry about as our own issues.

00:36Ishiba now must win over the opposition to get his policies through parliament, after

00:40his Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner lost their majority in the

00:44October election.

00:46Ishiba faces foreign policy challenges, including a more aggressive China and U.S. President-elect

00:51Donald Trump's protectionist approach to trade.

00:53Ishiba has said that he wants to meet with Trump to maintain good relations.