Today, China is a global power. No one should deny this. Whether it is America, which is called the world’s uncle, or the European countries, everyone knows and accepts this fact. The East Asian country Japan is also a big economic power in the world. It is the country with the fourth largest economy in the world. But, for some time now, the PM there has been turning away from the problems of the people by showing the ghost of China. In such a situation, corruption and inflation increased so much in the country that the public became angry. Then under the pressure of the public, the ruling party of Japan had to start the work of changing the leadership.
Actually, at this time there is a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government in Japan under the leadership of PM Fumio Kishida. During his rule, Japan is full of severe inflation and scandals. Due to this, he has become very unpopular. In view of his unpopularity, the ruling party has decided to change the leadership. Now elections will be held on 27 September to elect a new leader of the LDP. There are nine candidates in the race to become the leader of the LDP. Many leaders in this have been staunch opponents of each other. This includes the son of a former PM and two female candidates. If a female candidate wins, then this will be the first time in the history of Japan that a woman will become the PM there.
Kishida is the target of the public
The leadership election in Japan is taking place at a time when the government of Fumio Kishida had recently increased defence expenditure along with increasing cooperation with the US and its allies to counter China. At present, Japan is facing many problems. Its economy has slowed down. Low birth rate i.e. decreasing population has emerged as a big problem there. Young men and women did not want to have children.
For the past decade, the LDP has had a majority in Japan’s parliament. For the past decade, its leaders have been becoming the country’s PM. In such a situation, the leader of the LDP will become the next PM in place of Kishida.
The most prominent name among these candidates is Shinjiro Koizumi, son of former PM Junichiro Koizumi and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba. He has been the country’s Environment Minister. He is young. He is only 43 years old. Shinjiro Koizumi said in his speech that he wants to change Japan’s politics according to the times. There are also two female candidates in this race. One is far-right leader 63-year-old Sanae Takaichi while the other leader is 61-year-old Taro Kono. Now it remains to be seen which candidate proves to be effective within the party.
FIRST PUBLISHED : September 13, 2024, 17:02 IST