Earlier this month, Kishida – who took office in October 2021 – said he was bowing out of the race to pave the way for a new leader to form a united LDP to make a fresh start to regain public trust, badly hurt by the party’s extensive corruption scandal, causing his support ratings to dip below 20 per cent.
Within days of the prime minister’s declaration, local media has speculated about nearly a dozen possible candidates.
Possible LDP leadership contenders (top left to right) Shigeru Ishiba, Shinjiro Koizumi, Yoko Kamikawa and…
East Asiana™ is a news portal to East Asian countries. We gather and publish news summeries about the subregion. In alliance with Asia Newswire™, we write and distribute press releses to media in the region. For press release distribution to media in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan or entire East Asia, contact us today.
