MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - Week Ahead 22-28 September

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(MNI) London – All timings are subject to change. 

Monday 22 September:

• Japan: The formal campaign period for the leadership of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) got underway, with five candidates on the ballot. Frontrunners to replace outgoing PM Shigeru Ishiba are former Minister of State for Economic Security Sanae Takaichi and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi.
• United States: While both the Senate and House are on recess for the Jewish New Year, there is the potential for talks this week between Congressional Democrats and Republicans over efforts to avoid a government shutdown on 1 October. Both sides are seen to be digging in, with little sign of whether the GOP will be able to get its ‘clean’ funding bill passed in the Senate or if Democrats' demands on a ‘laundry list’ of demands, such as the permanent extension of subsidies, will be heeded.