Tobias Harris is the founder of Japan Foresight LLC. He is the author of "The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan."
Ishiba struggles to escape scandal and inflation as upper house elections draw near

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo on April 17. © Reuters
Tobias Harris is the founder of Japan Foresight LLC. He is the author of "The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan."