Japan will be looking for a new prime minister after Fumio Kishida withdrew from his Liberal Democratic Party’s primary race, citing the need for change. Kishida made the announcement yesterday, even though his fate was already sealed in 2023 due to a massive irregular financing scandal.
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“Clean and transparent elections and lively and free debates are more important than ever. The most obvious first step to show that the LDP will change is my resignation,” the former prime minister said. Kishida intends to resign to “assume responsibility” and “regain the people’s trust” in the LDP.
Although he still had a year left in government, the position was subject to the leadership of the Conservative Party, which will be broadcast in the primary elections in September. The PLD’s internal elections work like presidential elections, as it has ruled almost without interruption since the end of World War II. The Progressives have only won one victory, at the beginning of the millennium, and their term is reminiscent of the tsunami and the disastrous management of the crisis.
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