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Nikkei index drops 4.7% as ruling party picks Ishiba as next PM

San Antonio Urban Editorial Team
Last updated: 2024/09/30 at 3:04 AM
San Antonio Urban Editorial Team Published September 30, 2024
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Nikkei index drops 4.7% as ruling party picks Ishiba as next PM

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index Falls Nearly 5% as Shigeru Ishiba Chosen as Next Prime Minister

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled nearly 5% early Monday after the country’s ruling Liberal Democrats chose Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister, as the next prime minister.

Ishiba is due Tuesday to succeed current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who resigned as his popularity rating sank. After winning the party’s vote on Friday, Ishiba said he would mostly continue with Kishida’s approach to trying to revive Japan’s sluggish economic growth.

Markets viewed Ishiba’s top rival, Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, as a more investor-friendly option, analysts said.

The Nikkei was trading down 4.4% at 38,062.06 about an hour after the markets opened.

Ishiba has expressed support for the Bank of Japan’s efforts to raise interest rates after many years of keeping them near zero percent. That helped push the yen higher against the U.S. dollar, and exporters’ shares plunged, with Toyota Motor Corp. down 6.2% early Monday. Honda Motor Co.’s shares fell 6.8%, and Nissan Motor Co.’s declined 5.8%.

A stronger yen is a disadvantage for Japanese companies that make a large share of their sales and profits overseas.

The future prime minister also has said he favors raising the minimum wage, allowing corporate taxes to rise, and increasing taxes on financial assets.

Kishida espoused an economic policy he called “new capitalism,” which called for a more equal distribution of national wealth. But sharply rising prices, partly due to a weakening yen, undermined progress toward encouraging consumers to spend more.

The dollar fell from over 146 yen to under 143 yen after the ruling party’s vote ended late Friday. Early Monday, it was trading at 142.65 yen, up from 142.29.

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