China News Service, September 2 According to Kyodo News, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga held a press conference on September 2 local time to formally announce his participation in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election.
Yoshihide Suga said, "We will challenge a mountain of problems," such as economic recovery, declining birthrates and aging.
The picture shows the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
Regarding the economic policy "Abenomics" of the Abe administration, Yoshihide Suga stated that "will take responsibility, inherit and advance further."
Regarding the Japan-Russia peace treaty that includes the disputed islands (the four northern islands in Japan and the southern Kuril Islands in Russia), Yoshihide Suga pointed out: "I have always worked on this with Prime Minister Abe (Shinzo). The policy has not changed."
On September 2nd, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Cadet Party’s Congressional Policy Chairmen reached an agreement and decided to convene an interim Congress from September 16th to 18th, and to hold the election of a new prime minister by name on the 16th.
The Japanese National Emergency Telephone Public Opinion Survey conducted by Kyodo News Agency on August 29 and 30 showed that 34.3% of the interviewees believed that the right candidate for the next prime minister was Shigeru Ishiba, the former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party. For Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (14.3%), the support rate of Defense Minister Taro Kono accounted for 13.6%.