China News Service, September 18, reported that the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election that decided the successor of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga issued an announcement on the 17th. Administrative reform minister Taro Kono, former political investigation director Fumio Kishida, former chief minister of general affairs Sanae Takaichi, Acting secretary Nagano Seiko 4 people signed up for the election.
According to surveys, more than 60% of investors predict that Taro Kono will win the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga also expressed support for Taro Kono on the 17th.
Japanese media analysis said that the current situation is still uncertain.
The data picture is Kono Taro.
According to the Kyodo News Agency of Japan, the results of a questionnaire survey conducted by Nomura Securities with about 100 investors in Japan and abroad showed that more than 60% of the people predicted that Taro Kono, the minister in charge of administrative reform, would win the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election.
For the question of who will become the new president, Kono answered the most, reaching 65%.
After that, the former head of the government affairs investigation director Kishida Fumio 22%, and the former chief minister of general affairs Sanae 13%.
In addition, the latest public opinion survey showed that Taro Kono received the highest support rate of 27% for the question of "who is most suitable to be the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party".
Kishida Fumio and Takaichi Sanae scored 14% and 7% respectively, which is a clear gap with Kono Taro.
"Nihon Keizai Shimbun" reported that with the support of high public opinion, Kono Taro strives to win directly in the first round of voting.
Yoshihide Suga also expressed support for Kono on the 17th, saying that it is important for Kono, who is in charge of vaccination, to maintain policy coherence.
However, according to Kyodo News’ interviews with members of Congress supporting the trend, the current situation is that Kishida, Kono, and Takashi are very close, and Noda is catching up.
However, more than 30% of the parliamentarians have an undecided attitude. In addition, the competition for votes between party members and party members known as "local votes" has become more intense, and the situation is still uncertain.
According to Kyodo News, Kishida has the support of more than 20% of members of the Diet, Kono and Takashi are very close, and Noda is less than 10%.
Not only did Kishida earn the support of his faction, the Kishida faction, but also the Hosoda faction (96 people), the Aso faction (53 people), and the Takeshita faction (52 people) also received partial support, mainly senior congressmen.
Kono is widely supported by the young and strong factions other than the Kishida faction.
Takashi has the support of many Hosoda Senators.
The Hosoda faction is a faction of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Abe’s announcement of support for Takashi has a great influence.
Noda's support at this stage is not wide.
Japanese media said that the election turned into a four-person fight, and the majority opinion in the party believed that no candidate could pass half of the first vote.
Due to the implementation of the final vote in which the top two participated in this situation, all camps and factions will continue to play games.
It is reported that the Liberal Democratic Party will vote on the 29th to elect a new president.