China News Agency, Tokyo, February 26 (Reporter Zhu Chenxi) The 90th Party Congress of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan was held in Tokyo on the 26th. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered a speech by the president to encourage two important elections this spring.

　　For the unified local elections and House of Representatives by-elections to be held in April, Kishida called for "unity to win."

The general meeting adopted the Liberal Democratic Party's 2023 activity policy on the same day, positioning the unified local elections in April as "a decisive battle that will determine the ups and downs of the party in the future."

Regarding the by-elections of the Senate and House of Representatives, which are expected to be carried out at the same time in April, Kishida Fumio emphasized that "in any case, we must stick to the Liberal Democratic Party's seat."

In order to win over conservative forces, Kishida also emphasized the achievements of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the meeting.

　　In response to the current high prices in Japan, Kishida Fumio said that wages need to be raised to resist rising prices.

He said that in addition to achieving "structural increases in wages", measures would continue to be taken to curb rising energy and food prices.

　　In order to deal with the problem of declining birthrate, Fumio Kishida stated that he will adopt "countermeasures against declining birthrate in different dimensions" and strive to change the overall consciousness of society.

In response to the new crown epidemic, Japan will relax the mask wearing regulations in March, and lower the positioning of the new crown virus in the "Infectious Diseases Law" to "category 5" at the same level as seasonal influenza in May.

In this regard, Kishida Fumio said that "it is time to take a new step", and he said that he would take measures to bring people's lives back to their daily lives.

　　Japan will host the G7 summit in Hiroshima in May this year as the rotating presidency of the G7. Fumio Kishida said that he will link the results of the summit with the G20 summit in September and the Japan-ASEAN special summit meeting at the end of the year.

Regarding constitutional revision, Kishida Fumio said that he would use the strength of the opposition party to discuss more actively in Congress.

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