Japanese Prime Minister and ruling party President of the Liberal Democratic Party Shigeru Ishiba held a press conference in the Prime Minister’s official residence on the 7th, announced the decision to resign from the President of the Liberal Democratic Party post. The move comes amid growing calls in the LDP for Shi to resign and call an early election for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly following heavy losses in the lower house and Upper House of Parliament, as well as in Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly elections. Although Shigeru repeatedly expressed his wish to remain in office on the grounds that Japan was facing tariff negotiations with the United States and other issues, he finally made the decision to resign under heavy pressure, it comes less than a year after he took office last October. At a press conference on July 7, Shi said the decision to resign was”Difficult” and that he was responsible for the defeat in the July Senate election. “I have always said that I have never lusted after my present position,” Kyodo news agency quoted experts as saying. Even if Shigeru were to resign, the LDP would probably have difficulty working with the opposition because of policy differences, the Kyodo news agency said, citing an analysis by experts, form a ruling coalition with a majority in parliament. Ishiguro’s resignation could herald political turmoil in Japan. Experts interviewed by the Global Times on the 7th said that the LDP’s future presidential election will not only determine its internal party structure and Japan’s domestic policies, it will also have a far-reaching impact on china-japan relations and the trend of japan-us relations.
Japanese Prime Minister and President of the Liberal Democratic Party Shigeru Ishiguro announced his decision to resign from his President of the Liberal Democratic Party position at a press conference at the Prime Minister’s official residence Friday. Visual China
The night before, party bosses visited the Prime Minister’s official residence
Speaking at a press conference at the Prime Minister’s official residence on the same day, Shi said the NHK over us tariffs was over, according to the website of NHK on the 7th, “I believe the time has come to hand over responsibility to my successor. Until a new president is elected, I will stand firm in my duty to my country and entrust the future to the new president and Prime Minister.”. On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally implementing the July trade deal with the Japanese. Shih also said he would not take part in the next President of the Liberal Democratic Party election. On the issue of the big defeat in the July Senate election, Shi Po said, “The responsibility lies with me, the President.”.
Reaction to Shigeru’s resignation has been mixed. According to NHK, “[ Shih ] made a difficult decision to end the chaos within the LDP,” said Tetsuo Saito Yoshihiko Noda, head of the ruling Komeito Party, the largest opposition party
Shek was elected to President of the Liberal Democratic Party in September last year and his term of office is due to end in September of the 2027. Bloomberg says he has endured a series of major electoral setbacks in less than a year in office. Not long after Shigeru became prime minister last October, the ruling coalition between the LDP and Komeito party failed to secure more than half of the seats in the lower house. The ruling coalition again failed to secure a majority in July’s upper house elections, leaving the LDP’s regime without a majority in both houses of Parliament for the first time since it was founded in 1955. Since then, Shi Broken Mao continued to face pressure from the party to resign, early presidential election.
Previously, Shi has been”Ongoing negotiations on U. S. tariffs” and other reasons, insisted on staying as prime minister. In recent days, Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) , Shunichi Suzuki, Itsunori Onodera of the Commission for Political Affairs and general affairs, and Makoto Muhara, chairman of the Electoral Policy Committee, have all expressed their intention to resign.
According to the”Japan Economic News” reported that the Liberal Democratic Party was scheduled to decide on 8 whether to hold an early presidential election. If a majority of the party’s 295 mps and 47 prefecture of Japan local branch federations support it, the election will be called. As of July, more than 40 percent of the parties concerned expressed support, more than half of the possibility of increasing. Reported that some people worry about the Liberal Democratic Party 8 clear results will cause a split within the party.
According to the Asahi Shimbun, the LDP’s vice-president, Yoshihide Suga, visited the prime minister’s official residence with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjir? Koizumi the night before he announced his resignation to persuade him to announce his resignation as soon as possible. Yoshihide Suga stayed only for about 30 minutes before leaving, while the Shinjir? Koizumi talked with Shi for about two hours.
The Japanese economic news said support for the cabinet had risen after the Senate election, but its support base in the party was weak and eventually it was difficult to resist pressure for him to resign.
“The LDP or the LDP?”
On the afternoon of July 7, Shigeru decided to resign after the news, “Resignation intention”, “Shigeru resignation” and other related terms quickly hit the Japanese internet hot search. Some voices said, “Finally to resign”, “Until now to resign, but let a person surprised”; others believe that shi broken Mao”Should fight to the end”; Others say Shigeru is not the only one who should resign. “Even if he did, the LDP would still be the same LDP, and nothing would change.”.
Shih’s resignation was not so much to take responsibility as to avoid deepening rifts within the party and even splitting the LDP, Hosei University Professor Shih said, so choose to protect the organization by quitting. The Nikkei newspaper noted that the justice minister, Hideki Suzuki, who called for an early election, is affiliated with a faction led by former Prime Minister Taro Aso, taro Aso has publicly called for President of the Liberal Democratic Party elections. In addition, many lawmakers calling for Ishiguro to step down are close to the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Kyodo News Agency said a media poll showed that more than 50 percent of respondents believe Shi’s resignation is not necessary. Bloomberg said the main reason for the LDP’s loss of parliamentary seats was the unpopularity of the party and its efforts to tackle inflation, not Shi’s personal problems. Even so, the party to the status quo is still dissatisfied with the lawmakers have called for the resignation of Shi, forming a wave of pressure.
On the 7th, Lu Hao, director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Japanese Studies’ Integrated Strategic Research Office, told the Global Times that Shigeru has been in power for less than a year, in the areas of politics, economics and diplomatic security, he proposed some policy ideas and plans different from those of the Kishida administration, such as pushing for further political reforms to create “Transparent politics”, security on the pursuit of the japan-us alliance power and responsibility”Parity.”. “But when Shigeru moves from the fringes of the party to the centre of power, he will inevitably face more internal and external constraints. He can only follow the ‘logic of operation’ of the LDP and even Japanese politics, as well as the impact of changes in the international political landscape.”
Media: Japan is facing multiple challenges
NHK analysis, Shi Po Mau resignation, the Liberal Democratic Party will officially enter the election process to elect a successor to the president. In the presidential election, the policy of rising prices, the direction of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States, including the expansion of the coalition power and other ways of working with opposition parties, will be the main focus of debate. The new president will be in Parliament to accept the prime minister named election, but since the ruling coalition has also lost more than half of the seats in the House of Representatives, if the opposition joint response, do not rule out the possibility of the new president can not be elected prime minister. The Asahi Shimbun said that even if the new LDP president took over as prime minister, he would face the prospect of failing to pass a budget or a bill without the co-operation of the opposition.
Some media reports said that there are already members of Parliament for the next prime minister secretly layout. Potential candidates in the LDP for Prime Minister include former General Secretary Takaichi Zaomiya, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjir? Koizumi and former Economic Security Minister Keiki Kobayashi. In addition, Lin Fangzheng, the current Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Katsunobu Kato, the finance minister, are also likely to express their intention to run.
Takashi Zaomiao is a senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and has served as Minister for Economic Security and general affairs, Reuters said. It is known for its conservative stance, calling for changes to the pacifist constitution and making repeated visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, seen by its Asian neighbours as a symbol of Japanese militarism. A Shinjir? Koizumi of political pedigree, he cast himself as a “Reformer” in last year’s President of the Liberal Democratic Party elections, arguing for restoring public trust in the scandal-ridden LDP.
According to the Guardian, Japan is facing multiple challenges: rising regional tensions, a spreading cost-of-living crisis and public unease over immigration, these factors have contributed to the rise in support for populist parties. In addition, the Liberal Democratic party because of a major”Black gold” scandal deep trust crisis, Shi’s successor also has to assume the task of rebuilding public trust in the Liberal Democratic Party.
Lu Chao, Dean of the Institute of American and East Asian Studies at Liaoning University, told the Global Times on the 7th that china-japan relations have experienced a period of détente since Shi po-mao came to power, tokyo no longer provokes Chinese boundaries as frequently as it did under Anbe and Kishida. The future direction of sino-japanese relations depends on the new prime minister’s policy orientation. If conservative hardliners take power, they could return to the path of checks and balances on China, undermining the momentum of the current détente, while if they continue the limited co-ordination of the Ishiba era, they need to consolidate economic and trade co-operation and risk management with practical institutional arrangements. However, under the pressure of us asia-pacific strategy, sino-japanese structural contradiction may still make the relationship face the complex situation of”Intertexture of detente and friction”.