Chinanews.com, August 24th. Comprehensive Japanese media reported on the 23rd that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's support rate dropped again and again, but he said that his intention to participate in the election of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party remained unchanged.
Fumio Kishida, who competed with Yoshihide Suga for the president of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2020, also expressed his interest in running for the election.
The election of the president of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party may become a duel between the two.
Data map: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
Yoshihide Suga's term as president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan will end on September 30.
On August 23, Suga Yoshihide told the media: "Of course he will run for the election by then, and this idea remains the same."
A number of relevant sources revealed that Fumio Kishida, who was formerly the chairman of the political affairs investigation and former Minister of Foreign Affairs and other important positions, intends to fight again for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election to challenge Yoshihide Suga.
Kishida is expected to formally announce his candidacy after the election schedule is finalized.
There are reports that Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe support Suga Yoshihide's re-election.
However, Japanese media surveys showed that the approval rating of Yoshihide Suga's cabinet fell below a new low.
Recently, a public opinion survey by Japanese media showed that compared with July, the approval rate of Yoshihide Suga's cabinet fell to 32.1%, the lowest record since January 2021; the disapproval rate reached 61.3%.
Yoshihide Suga won the election of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party on September 14, 2020, and accepted the appointment on September 16, the same year, becoming the new prime minister of Japan.
However, Yoshihide Suga's current term as president only covers the term of office until September 2021 after the resignation of former President Shinzo Abe. Therefore, one year later, the Liberal Democratic Party president election will be held again.
As the House of Representatives election approached, the Yoshihide Suga government's new crown epidemic prevention policy was criticized, and Kishida began to receive expectations.
The schedule for the election of the Liberal Democratic Party's president is expected to be confirmed on August 26, or an announcement will be made on September 17, and votes will be counted on September 29.
Japan's government affairs investigation chairperson Shimomura Hirofumi and former general affairs minister Taka Ichi Sanae are also interested in running for.