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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on August 14. Xinhua News Agency (Pool photo, photo by Fang Jiayuan)

Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, August 14 (Reporter Guo Dan Jiang Qiaomei) According to the Japan Broadcasting Association, a Liberal Democratic Party official revealed on the 14th that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided not to participate in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in September. This means that after the new Liberal Democratic Party president is elected, Kishida will step down as Japanese Prime Minister.

Kyodo News also reported that Kishida's decision to give up running for re-election was related to the continued low approval rating of the cabinet. Kyodo News analyzed that the "black money" scandal within the Liberal Democratic Party has caused the cabinet's approval rating to continue to hover at a low level of around 20%, and Kishida has also lost the support of the Liberal Democratic Party. Kishida judged that it would be more difficult to be re-elected, so he gave up running for re-election.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on August 14. Xinhua News Agency (Pool photo, photo by Fang Jiayuan)

At present, former Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention to run for election, and Digital Minister Taro Kono has also expressed his willingness to run for election to LDP Vice President Taro Aso.

(Editor: Fu Zhongming)