Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced on Sunday, he will step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election. Mr. Ishiba, who took office in October, had resisted demands from mostly right-wing opponents within his own party for more than a month, saying such a step would cause a political vacuum when Japan faces key challenges in and outside the country. The resignation came one day before his Liberal Democratic Party was to decide whether to hold an early leadership election, a virtual no-confidence motion against him if approved.
The longest total lunar eclipse visible from India since 2022 will occur on the intervening night of September 7 and 8, astronomers said. They added that this is the first time since July 27, 2018, that an entire total lunar eclipse will be observable from all parts of the country. “You will have to wait till December 31, 2028, for the next one,” said Divya Oberoi, chair of the Public Outreach and Education Committee (POEC) of the Astronomical Society of India and associate professor at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune.
