This photo taken on September 27, 2024 shows Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaking during a press conference after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo. Japanese equities plunged on September 30 on the back of concerns that incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba will hike taxes in the world's fourth-biggest economy. (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)