Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 26. Japanese media reported on the 25th that Japan’s Digital Minister Taro Kono and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will announce their candidacy for the new president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the near future.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 26. Japanese media reported on the 25th that Japan’s Digital Minister Taro Kono and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will announce their candidacy for the new president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the near future. Many other competitors are considering announcing The right time to run for office. By then, the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election will become more intense.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan will hold a vote for the party president election on September 27, and the election announcement will be released on September 12. The current Japanese Prime Minister and President of the Liberal Democratic Party, Fumio Kishida, has announced that he will give up his candidacy, which means that he will no longer serve as Prime Minister after the election, and the new President of the Liberal Democratic Party will take over as Prime Minister.

Japanese media reported on the 25th that Taro Kono plans to hold a press conference on the 26th to formally announce his candidacy for party president. He will be the third contender to publicly announce his candidacy. Previously, former Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi and former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba had announced their candidacy.

This is the scene of the opening ceremony of the 213th Congress of Japan taken in Tokyo, Japan on January 26. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Qiaomei

According to Japanese media, Shinjiro Koizumi will officially announce his participation in the competition on the 30th. In addition, Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko said on the 25th that he has gathered the recommendations of the 20 members of parliament required to run for the party president. Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Motegi Toshimitsu, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Masaru, and current Economic Security Minister Takaichi Sanae are considering external The right time to announce your candidacy.

The results of a poll released by Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun" on the 25th showed that when asked who they wanted to be elected as the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party, 29% of the 11 members of Congress who had the intention to run for the election chose Ishiba. Shigeru, 16% chose Shinjiro Koizumi, and 13% chose Sanae Takaichi. Another 12% of the respondents answered "I hope the elected person is not on the list", and 7% said "I don't know and don't care."(Zhang Jing)