Japan has kicked off official election campaigning for the new head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, whose winner is almost assured to become the next prime minister, replacing Yoshihide Suga.
Taro Kono, a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidential election and currently the minister in charge of vaccinations, delivers a speech for his election campaign in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. Official election campaigning kicked off Friday for the new head of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, whose winner is almost assured to become next Japanese prime minister.
Unusually for Japan, two women are competing in the race. The only other female challenger was in 2008, when Yuriko Koike, who is currently serving as Tokyo governor, made a run. Their policies focus on the pandemic and its economic fallout, and the increasingly aggressive role China has played in regional affairs.Support ratings for Suga and his government nosedived because of his handling of the virus and insistence on hosting the Olympics despite the pandemic, and the party is hoping that a new face can bring them victory in general elections that must be held by late November.
Taro Kono, currently the minister in charge of vaccinations and considered a front-runner in the election, said Friday as he launched his campaigning that he wants a society that people will see as compassionate. Considered a maverick in Japan’s conservative political culture, Kono says he also seeks to reform his own party.
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