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People are tired of the LDP,
Mieko Nakabayashi, former opposition MP and political science professor at Tokyo’s Waseda University, told the BBC In the upcoming presidential election, it's necessary to show the people that the Liberal Democratic Party will change,
Kishida said at a press conference last month, when announcing his decision not to run for another term I will do my utmost to believe in the people, to speak the truth with courage and sincerity, and to make this country a safe and secure place where everyone can live with a smile again,
Ishiba said in a short speech after his victory Prime Minister Kishida has made a decision to let the LDP be reborn and win back the public's trust,
Ishiba said in his victory speech Distrust grew in the Kishida administration because he didn’t really deal with the financial scandals of the LDP factions,
says Mieko Nakabayashi, a professor at Tokyo’s Waseda University and a former Japanese lawmaker He has the most credibility as somebody who understands the pain of the people,
says Jeff Kingston, director of Asian studies at Tokyo’s Temple University There are many cases when he has changed his stance, so he is sometimes regarded as a weak leader who does not have really strong principles,
says Hosoya Yuichi, a professor of international politics at Keio University in Tokyo We will put our hearts into protecting Japan, local areas, rules, and the people of Japan,
We must ask the new LDP president, Mr. Shigeru Ishiba, to create a strong cabinet with his executive power, decisiveness, and ability to create policies, and produce results."
According to Nikkei Asia, Kishida said This is a remarkable victory for Ishiba, who is considered as a veteran of the LDP,
said Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride, reporting from Tokyo The fact that he is something of a maverick, considered as change agent, who has promised to change the party, that may well resonate with a cynical Japanese public,
He is seen as a defence expert. He has proposed the establishment of an Asian-style NATO. And he is likely to continue with more assertive Japan in the international stage,
said Al Jazeera’s McBride She’s a fairly renowned, right-wing and hawkish figure, She would have made history not only in the LDP, but also Japan as [the country’s] first woman prime minister,
said McBride, reporting from outside parliament I have undoubtedly hurt many people's feelings, caused unpleasant experiences, and made many suffer. I sincerely apologise for all of my shortcomings,
he said in an address to LDP lawmakers who gathered at party headquarters for the election Politicians don't need to be best friends, as long as their policies and political positions match,
Ishiba said in a video posted on YouTube this week I consider this my final battle,
Ishiba said last month when he launched his campaign at a Shinto shrine in rural Tottori prefecture, where his father was governor and where Ishiba began his political career at the height of Japan's fast growing bubble economy This is the most unpredictable that an LDP election has been in many years,
Jeffrey J. Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies, told Agence France-Presse I have a good impression of Ishiba, because he seems to have courage in his convictions,
Junko Tominaga, a woman in her 50s, told AFP on the streets of Tokyo I do not agree with Takaichi... she's like the number one follower of Prime Minister Abe,
she said, referring to Shinzo Abe, the nationalistic Japanese leader assassinated in 2022 Japan is completely looked down on by China,
she told Fuji Television when asked about the first confirmed incursion by a Chinese military aircraft into Japan's airspace, which happened in August