
Nikkei 225 index futures plunged during the trading session, triggering a circuit breaker mechanism at one point
In the evening of the 27th local time, after Shigeru Ishiba was elected as the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, the Nikkei 225 index futures trading plummeted by more than 2000 points at one point, triggering a circuit breaker. Former Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, won the majority of votes in the second round of the party's presidential election and was elected as the 28th president of the Liberal Democratic Party

