TOKYO, Aug 26 — Japanese former foreign minister Fumio Kishida challenged Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga today for the leadership of the ruling party, as the premier struggles with crumbling approval rates ahead of a general election.
The LDP-led coalition is not expected to lose its majority in the powerful lower house, but forecasts suggest that Suga’s party could lose the majority that it holds on its own, an outcome that would weaken whoever is leading the LDP. Other party bosses, including former premier Shinzo Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso, have not commented publicly.Unlike last year, grass-roots LDP members will vote along with the party’s members of parliament, which could make the outcome harder to predict. And novice MPs, fearful of losing their seats, may be wary of following their elders’ orders.
Kishida said he’d aim to reduce income gaps and support the economically vulnerable such as workers in insecure jobs and women, an apparent effort to differentiate his stance from Suga, who has stressed self-reliance before public support.The low-key Kishida has ranked low in surveys of voters’ preferred next prime minister, well below other possible rivals such as Administrative Reform Minister Taro Kono, who is leading Japan’s vaccination rollout, and former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba.
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