US EditionFarm minister Koizumi intends to run in ruling LDP leadership race: source
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Leadership paralysis amid rising global risk
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Japan swaps policy for politics as LDP rethinks leadershipScott Foster reports that Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has plunged into a leadership contest after forcing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign, leaving a policy […] The post Leadership paralysis amid rising global risk appeared first on Asia Times.
Farm minister Koizumi intends to run in ruling LDP leadership race: source
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has voiced his intention to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election, a source close to him said, about a week after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced he would step down.
Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party has decided to run in the LDP presidential election (nominations announced on the 22nd, voting on October 4th) to decide the successor to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has announced his resignation. Supporters from his hometown of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, have expressed their intention to run...
On the 13th, LDP Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met with supporters in his hometown of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, and announced his intention to run in the LDP presidential election (announced on the 22nd, voting on October 4th). With the rift within the party over the future of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in mind, he said, "I will unite the LDP once again. In this difficult situation, I want to move forward with at least one policy…
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