William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Ishiba needs to quickly put some key economic upgrades on the scoreboard


Ishiba Shigeru (center) with other candidates from the election on Sept. 27 in Tokyo. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."