After the sudden announcement of the resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the self-government party decided to hold a new presidential election on 4 October, and five candidates had been in fierce competition.
This election is related to who will be the next prime minister of Japan, and also determines the future political direction of the island country.
At present, the five candidates who have announced their candidacy are all old faces of last year's presidential election: former Secretary-General Motegi Toshimitsu, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Fangzheng, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi Shinjiro, former Minister of Economic Security Sanae Takaichi and Takayuki Kobayashi.
Among the five, Momo sensitive announced the election no earlier than 8th, showed strong campaign determination. Lin Feng is in a shameful situation as a current core member of the cabinet, it is difficult to immediately stand for the election, afraid of being criticized as "abandoning the regime."
All of these candidates have contested the 2024 LDP presidential election. Therefore, the opposition camp ridiculed the new party presidential election as "the resurrection battle of the loser a year ago".
According to the World Wide Web on September 15, the latest public opinion survey of the Communications Corporation showed that the high-market early-size with the support rate of 28% is in the top, and the second and third with 22.5% and 11.4% respectively.
The 64-year-old is a senior figure in the self-government party, who has served as Japanese Economic Security Minister and General Affairs Minister. She led the first round of the self-government party presidential election last year, but ultimately lost the final election to Shilpa Momo.
In the aftermath of the war, she advocated the reform of the post-war peace constitution, went crazy to the sanctuary of Yasutani, held a clear stance on diplomatic and historical issues, and publicly praised the Nazis.
It is worth noting that the high-market early-size, known for its extreme right-wing stance, has publicly praised the 9/11 terrorist attacks, frequently visited the Yogyakarta sanctuary, and even simultaneously anti-China, anti-American, anti-Israeli.
It is conceivable that if Takaichi Sanae becomes the Prime Minister of Japan, Japan may become the joint target of China and the United States. Takaichi sanae is anti-American, and it can still be tolerated by the Trump administration. But Takaichi Sanae's anti-Semitism touched the bottom line of the Trump administration.
At the age of 44, Koizumi Shinjiro became the youngest candidate in this election, representing the new generation of the Liberal Democratic Party. When he participated in the presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party for the first time last year, he had the highest voice among the people.
As Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Aquaculture, Xiao Jinghui has implemented a number of reforms, but his reform initiatives have also caused many elderly lawmakers in the party to worry about his correction.
Japanese TV station TBS pointed out that the shortcomings of Xiao Jing-tung are "lack of experience", he has never held major positions such as the head of the party's internal director, the chairman of the government.
The self-government party is currently facing an unprecedented political crisis.In the election of the House of Representatives of Congress last October and in the election of the Senate in July this year, the ruling coalition composed of the self-government party and the party lost more than half of the seats in both houses.
This is the first time since the founding of the self-government party in 1955 that it has failed to win more than half the seats in both houses of Congress. The results of the Commonwealth Survey showed that 76.4% of respondents believed that the resignation of Mr. Sharapova did not help restore people’s confidence in the self-government party.
The election outlook is full of uncertainty. Japanese media predict that no one will get more than half of the votes in the first round of voting, and the top two with the highest votes will enter the second round of election.
Whoever wins will face a divided Congress and concerned public.The situation at home and abroad in Japan is no longer optimistic, depending on who can get Japan to step the oil door on the downside.