The presidential election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will be held on October 4th. There are five candidates in this election, namely Toshimitsu Motegi, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, Hayashi Fangzheng, current chief cabinet secretary, Koizumi Shinjiro, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and sanae takaichi and Takayuki Kobayashi, former ministers of economic security.

Regarding this Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, Japanese political economist Kazuki Hamada said that all candidates had participated in the last presidential election. Such a candidate list is difficult to bring a sense of change to the Japanese people, and also reflects to a certain extent that Japan is in a political dilemma.

Japanese political economist Kazuki Hamada:There are five candidates competing this time, but these five people are actually the same group of people as when Shi Po was elected president. Therefore, from the perspective of the Japanese people, they will feel that there is no change at all and lack of novelty.

Japanese scholar: Self-Democratic Party will find it difficult to regain trust without solving internal problems

Under the influence of multiple problems such as rising domestic prices in Japan and the "black gold" scandal in the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan suffered successive defeats in the elections of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the National Assembly. Hamada Kazuyuki believes that the failure of many elections shows that the Liberal Democratic Party is losing the trust of the Japanese people. If the internal problems of the Liberal Democratic Party, such as "black gold", cannot be properly solved, it will be difficult to restore people's trust.

Japanese political economist Kazuki Hamada:If the self-government party wants to rebuild it, it must face the question of "politics and money", reflect on why this issue will be deeply rooted in the past seven and eighty years, and cut off this interest relationship in the form, without such a candidate to stand out, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the self-government party to regain the trust of the people.

Japanese scholars: question remains whether the new president will bring election victory to the self-government party

Given that the current ruling coalition of the Democratic Party and the Communist Party has lost the majority of seats in both Houses of Congress, the new leader of the Democratic Party will dissolve the House of Representatives and hold elections once he becomes the new prime minister of Japan and will also be the focus of external attention.

Japanese political economist Kazuki Hamada:The question of whether the five candidates will be able to win the House elections after becoming the new president is full of questions and the most difficult question.In Congress, ¡°nothing can be decided,¡± this very severe situation is reflected in the self-government party and even in Japan¡¯s overall political environment, which I think is an unusual situation.