In the afternoon of October 21, Japan’s self-government party chairman, Cao市早苗, was nominated as Japan’s 104th prime minister and became Japan’s first female prime minister. In the news of “Japan welcomes the first female leader” on October 21, while the Japanese self-government party chairman, Cao市早苗, was also labeled as the “Self-government party’s strong guard” on the international media. China’s international affairs experts, analyzing the “Global Times” reporter, said that after the Japanese first female prime minister, will immediately face a series of serious challenges. After the Japanese prime minister’s announcement of the first female leader, Cao市早苗 was relying on the Japanese party’s “Flash Wedding” initiative, and the political principle of
Takaichi expresses his determination at the press conference
According to Japanese media reports on the 21st, Cao市早苗 received 237 votes in the House of Representatives nomination for prime minister, more than half (233 votes). In the first round of the Senate vote won 123 votes, less than half (124 votes), but in the subsequent second round of the final vote won 125 votes, more than half. As a result of the nomination of the prime minister in both houses of the House of Representatives, Cao市早苗 became the first female prime minister of Japan. According to Japan Times news agency reports, Cao市早苗 will hold a political speech on the 24th in Congress, and then visit Malaysia to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit.
The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 21st that Japanese Prime Minister sanae takaichi held his first press conference after taking office that night, expressing his determination that "I will produce results for the sake of the country and the people. In order to build a strong Japan, I will never give up." Gao said that he would instruct the formulation of economic countermeasures at the first cabinet meeting held after the press conference, and said that "resolute measures will be taken to deal with the problem of rising prices faced by the people". According to the website of Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), in terms of diplomacy, sanae Takaichi said that the ASEAN summit to be held in Malaysia next week and the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Informal Meeting in South Korea are a good opportunity to meet with leaders of many countries and expressed his willingness to promote a "free and open Indo-Pacific". Takaichi sanae also said that the Japan-US alliance is the cornerstone of Japan's foreign and security policy, and he looks forward to meeting with US President Trump at an early date to deepen the trust relationship between leaders.
In an interview with a reporter at the Global Times on the 21st, China International Affairs Research Institute Asia-Pacific Specialist researcher Noh Hui Yui said that the first female prime minister of Japan was elected by Cao市早苗, symbolizing the significance and reality challenge of coexistence.
Even though the self-government party has reached a joint political consensus with the Japan Conservation Council, the cabinet of the high city will still operate with the governing party in the state of less than half the number of seats in both houses of Congress.In dealing with congressional affairs and promoting policy implementation, the self-government party needs to be cautious in governing and striving for cooperation with the opposition parties.
The Japanese prime minister has resigned at a cabinet meeting on the morning of the 21st, according to the Japanese newspaper "朝日新聞", since taking office on October 1, last year, the number of days in office of the prime minister has been 386.
List of Cabinet Members
After Takaichi Sanae was elected Prime Minister, the personnel arrangement of Takaichi Cabinet also surfaced. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, sanae takaichi announced the list of cabinet members later on the 21st, among which Toshimitsu Motegi was appointed as Foreign Minister, Koizumi Shinjiro was appointed as Defense Minister, Minoru Kihara was appointed as Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Lin Fangzheng was appointed as General Affairs Minister.
In addition, the Japanese media noted that the high-market competition with the self-government party chairman, Xiao Jing, Lin Feng Jing, and Momoi Minigong entered the cabinet, the move was aimed at creating a "party system" and consolidating its support in the self-government party.In addition, the Japanese media noted that the high-town cabinet staff arrangements "on the work of the reward" colored out. Two female cabinet members - the economic security minister, Xiao Tzu, and the finance minister, Xiao Jing, as well as the first time entered the cabinet as the local creation minister, Yuhua Tzu Yinchi, had been recommended to support the high-market early plant to participate in the self-government party general election.
Some media that although the election of the prime minister was listed as a historic moment by Japanese domestic and foreign media, there were only two female ministers in the cabinet, far below external expectations.
"Not so in the Nordic: the new Japanese prime minister has only appointed two other women in the cabinet," AFP on Monday, saying the number of female cabinet members is far from reaching the level it promised last month "equivalent to the Nordic country."
The Liberal Democratic Party has lifted its coalition political framework with the Komeito Party and instead joined hands with the Japan Restoration Association. The Asahi Shimbun said on the 21st that in order to allow the Reform Council to also assume cabinet responsibilities, the Liberal Democratic Party originally intended to cede cabinet positions to the Reform Council, but this proposal was not accepted by the Reform Council. It seems that the Reform Council hopes to leave room for autonomous actions. However, the new government will use the plan of Kaizu Endo, chairman of the National Committee for Reform and Reform, as the prime minister's assistant officer to be responsible for communication and coordination between Takashi Harami and the Reform and Reform Council.
“This self-government party and the party’s ‘blitz marriage’ is based on the legitimacy of the prime minister’s nomination election, this temporary established governing coalition buried multiple hidden dangers.” Hui Hui said that, first of all, the policy philosophy is different. Although the two parties have close positions on some topics such as ‘reform’ and ‘strong army’, but the party advocates radical administrative reform and local decentralization, is not in line with the progressive reform line of the party, and the policy coordination is extremely difficult. Secondly, there is a fragility of ‘co-operation outside the cabinet’. The model of the party’s failure to enter the cabinet retains its autonomy space in the governing coalition at any time, making the coalition power
Handling relations with the United States and China remains a core issue
Many foreign media pointed out that Takashi Haramui did not have much time to immerse himself in the joy of being elected Japan's first female prime minister. In addition to repairing domestic issues such as the sluggish economy, she faced diplomatic challenges such as the turbulent US-Japan relationship and how to handle relations with neighboring countries at the beginning of her tenure.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said that for Takashi Saami, US President Trump's visit will be a major test. According to Jiji News Agency, Trump has announced plans to visit multiple Asian countries later this month and is expected to start a three-day visit to Japan next Monday. The Washington Post stated that before his meeting with Trump, Shigeru Ishiba specially arranged more than 30 hours of study time to figure out how to deal with Trump. Takashi took office only three working days before Trump arrived in Tokyo. However, he faced major issues such as how to promote investment plans under the US-Japan Trade Agreement and whether Japan should pay more for its troops stationed in the United States.
In addition, Takaichi Sanae's previous words and deeds on historical issues also made China, South Korea and other countries wait and see cautiously. The Korea Herald quoted experts as saying that after Takashi took office, South Korea-Japan relations are not expected to undergo fundamental changes, but historical issues may become key variables affecting bilateral relations. Takashi's new alliance partners are famous for their nationalist stance on security and historical issues, which also adds uncertainty to South Korea-Japan relations. Yonhap News Agency said on the 21st that the South Korean Foreign Ministry said on the same day that sanae takaichi was elected as the new Japanese Prime Minister that the South Korean government would maintain close communication with the new Japanese cabinet.
Lu Hoi, director of the Comprehensive Strategic Research Department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Japanese Research Institute, told reporters of the Global Times that high-market early-money has not yet proposed a systematic diplomatic solution, and if its strong conservative right-wing stance is applied to diplomacy, or will lead to Japanese policy extremism, and trigger short-term interest-oriented policy fluctuations. How to deal with the United States and China is still the core issue of Japanese diplomacy, and will also test the political wisdom of high-market early-money through similar ideologies and policies, can high-market early-money close to the distance with the United States? and can suppress its populist and historical revisionist tendencies, and avoid the deterioration of relations with China? these aspects are worthy of in-depth