TOKYO: Japan got a new prime minister on Tuesday (Oct 1), with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build an Asian NATO to face down China . Ishiba, 67, says he intends to call a general election on Oct 27 . He won a tight race on Friday to lead the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has governed almost continuously for decades. The former defence minister outlined his policies at a news conference late on Tuesday, warning that "the