Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 27th The presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan will be held on October 4th. If there is no accident, the winner of this election will become the next prime minister of Japan. At the critical moment, the two candidates with the leading poll support rate, Koizumi Shinjiro, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and sanae takaichi, former Minister of Economic Security, were questioned successively because of negative news exposure.

Koizumi Shinjiro: Apologize for "brushing praise"

Koizumi Shinjiro held a press conference on the 26th, admitting that his campaign team asked supporters to "brush praise" and publicly apologized for it. However, the Japanese people don't seem to buy it, and asking them to "withdraw from the presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party" has become a hot topic on social media.

After the resignation of Prime Minister and President of the Japanese People's Party, Shikoku Shikoku, announced his resignation on 7th of this month, the People's Party on 22nd issued a Party President's election announcement, scheduled to vote on 4th of October.The election campaign began just a few days, and the magazine "Weekend" exposed the head of public relations of the campaign team and the office of the former digital minister, Pasha Shikoku, to send a mail to the supporters, asking them to send messages on the video site to praise Shikoku, and give 24 "reference examples".

The incident of "brushing praise" continued to ferment. Koizumi held a press conference on the 26th to admit that the above report was true, saying that some words were "excessive", and I was sorry for this. Koizumi said: "I am responsible for this happening. I will accept criticism with an open mind." He said he did not consider withdrawing from the party presidential election.

In the face of criticism, Koizumi closed the comment section of social media platform X, insisting that he would continue to run. According to the Japanese media, the incident of "brushing praise" may have a certain impact on Koizumi's election.

Takaichi Sanae: The alleged speech is inconsistent with the facts

According to a report by Kyodo News on the 26th, takaichi sanae recently used the deer in his hometown Nara as an introduction, mentioning the frequent nuisance behaviors of foreigners visiting Japan, and repeatedly stressing that a stricter policy for foreigners should be implemented. Part of her remarks were subsequently questioned as inconsistent with the facts.

In a speech about the criminal cases committed by foreigners, Gao said that she "sometimes heard that the police were unable to arrange interpreters and had to make a decision not to prosecute".

Japanese law and prosecution officials said they had ¡°never heard of the situation until the end of the day when they were unable to arrange an interpreter.¡± According to the Japanese Police Department¡¯s statistics, there were approximately 1,2 million foreigners executed in Japan in 2024.

The representative of the Japanese Judicial Interpreting Federation, Tian Hai Romanti, also noted that the remarks of the High Commissioner "are inconsistent with the facts". she said that the cases that decided not to prosecute were limited to cases such as minor violations or insufficient evidence.

In response to Takashi's remark that "foreigners kick deer", the management of Nara Park said: "We patrol at least twice a day and find no violence."

At the debate on the election of the candidate for the chairman of the Japanese self-government party held on the 24th, Gao was asked about the basis of the speech and replied that "I confirmed in my own way."The management of Nara Park said it had not received any inquiries from Gao, "I don't know what information she was based on."