TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former economic security minister Takada Sanaechi as its new leader, and it is likely that she will become the country’s first female prime minister.
Kochi defeated the Minister of Agriculture, the son of popular former Prime Minister Ginzanjima, after being leaked in an internal party vote by the liberal Democrats.
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Japan’s longtime party chooses a new leader to replace the prime minister Ishiba Shigeru At the key party vote on Saturday, it wants to regain public support and maintain power afterwards. Major election losses.
The winner of the Liberal Democratic Party’s intraparty vote will remain much larger in the House of Representatives, where the party decides the national leadership, and the opposition groups are so divided that it is likely Japan’s next prime minister.
In the first round of the vote, former Minister of Economic Security Takada Sanaechi was first in 183 votes, while Minister of Agriculture Ono came in second in 164 votes.
As neither candidate reached a majority in the first round, the winner will be determined with an immediate, two-way spill, a process that involves decisions by party kingmakers such as former prime minister Taroaso and Fumio Kishidida.
Having left it in the minority of both houses of parliamentary elections in the past year, LDP wants to seek cooperation from key opposition groups and choose leaders who can quickly address challenges both within and outside Japan.
Five candidates (two currently in service and three former ministers) were competing for the LDP presidency.
Saturday’s vote will only include 295 LDP MPs and approximately 1 million dues paying members. That only reflects 1% of Japanese citizens.
Voting for Diet members began on Saturday afternoon at LDP headquarters in Tokyo, where votes were also counted sent by members across the country.
Previous polls proposed Front Runner He will become Chief Secretary of medium-sized veteran politicians Onomura, Takada and Yahimasa Hayashi. The other two, Minister Motegi, Trade Minister and Minister of Economy, Kobayashi Yuki, were considered unlikely to be candidates.
Takaishi, a highland, is a super conservative and potentially becomes Japan’s first female prime minister, while Ono will become the youngest prime minister in over a century.
The top candidates were tied with supporters before the vote, expressing confidence to win.
Congressional votes are expected in mid-October. The LDP, criticised by opposition leaders for creating a long-term political vacuum, also needs to hurry as winners face a major diplomatic test soon: a possible summit with the US President Donald TrumpJapan was able to demand that it increase its defense spending.
A meeting is reportedly planned in late October. Trump will travel to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Korea from October 31st.
The LDP also needs help from the opposition, which has been ignored for a long time. The party will seek to expand its current coalition with at least one major opposition, with the more centralist, medium-centric Comet.
All five candidates call them “moderate conservatives” to show their willingness to work with the opposition.
They all fought higher prices, achieved greater pay rises, strengthened the defense and the economy, and took measures for stricter measures against foreign workers. They separated from divisive liberal social issues such as gender equality and sexual diversity.
Experts say they declined to discuss the usual political views on historical issues, same-sex marriage and other controversial topics, such as the party’s political fund scandal, the biggest reason for election losses, and the party’s political fund scandal on anti-corruption measures. Their avoidance of these subjects raised questions about the party’s ability to regain public trust, analysts said.
