File footage of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party leadership contender Fumio Kishida

Record ID: 1633884

  • Title: File footage of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party leadership contender Fumio Kishida
  • Date: 26th August 2021
  • Summary: On September 8, the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election campaign kicked off and Kishida attended a public face-off event. TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - SEPTEMBER 8, 2020) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CANDIDATES AND ATTENDEES ON STAGE FOR CAMPAIGN SPEECH EVENT HELD AT LDP HEADQUARTERS THE THREE CANDIDATES, JAPANESE CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY YOSHIHIDE SUGA (CENTRE), FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER SHIGERU ISHIBA (LEFT), AND FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER FUMIO KISHIDA (RIGHT), SEATED KISHIDA WALKING INTO PODIUM AND BOWING (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) FORMER JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER AND LDP LEADERSHIP ELECTION CANDIDATE, FUMIO KISHIDA, SAYING: "Right now, politics that can draw support from the people is needed. In order to draw support from the people, we have to firmly recover people's trust in politics and politics with an ability to listen (to the people's voices)."
  • Embargoed: 9th September 2021 08:30
  • Keywords: Fumio Kishida Shinzo Abe foreign minister politics prime minister
  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA005ERX0FNR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Thursday (August 26) that he will run in the ruling party's leadership race when incumbent Yoshihide Suga's current term ends in September.
    The winner is assured of being prime minister because of the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) majority in parliament's lower house.
    The move may complicate Prime Minister Suga's plan to win another term as head of the party unopposed, and ride the party through general elections with a pledge to speed up vaccinations and stronger steps to combat the COVID-19 crisis.
    Suga's administration has seen support ratings plunge over its the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, heightening calls within the LDP to pick a new face in the party leadership race ahead of a general election that must be held by Oct. 21.
    Kishida has been considered a strong candidate for the top LDP role. He also ran for leadership race last September but lost to Suga.
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