LDP Koizumi to Announce Presidential Bid Sept. 6
17:53 JST, August 28, 2024
Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press) — Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Wednesday that he will announce his candidacy Sept. 6 in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming presidential election.
The 43-year-old initially planned to make the announcement Friday. He changed his mind likely due to the approaching Typhoon Shanshan.
Many within the LDP are hoping that Koizumi, a fresh-faced lawmaker with high name recognition, will lead the party, especially with an anticipated election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the country’s parliament, in mind.
Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who has influence over LDP lawmakers not affiliated with any particular party faction, is expected to back Koizumi.
Meanwhile, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, 63, plans to announce on Tuesday that he will run in the Sept. 27 LDP election.
Over 10 names have been floated as possible LDP presidential election candidates so far.
Of them, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, 49, former LDP Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba, 67, and digital transformation minister Taro Kono, 61, have already announced their bids.
Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, 63, plans to make a similar announcement in the second half of next week, while Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi, 68, will likely declare his candidacy in early September.
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