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After Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently announced that he would give up participating in the LDP presidential election and would resign as prime minister, the battle for his successor has begun. Several Japanese media outlets have revealed that former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will announce his participation in the LDP presidential election at the end of the month.

Kyodo News quoted relevant sources on the 22nd as saying that Shinjiro Koizumi plans to announce his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in September as early as the second half of next week, and coordination has begun. According to TBS Tokyo TV on August 23, Shinjiro Koizumi will announce his participation in the ruling party presidential election at a press conference on August 30.

Shinjiro Koizumi is the son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He is 43 years old and was elected to the House of Representatives for the 11th constituency in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2009. He is now in his fifth term. He served as Minister of the Environment in the Abe Cabinet and the Suga Cabinet. Kyodo News reported that Koizumi has received the support of former Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide, who proposed "getting rid of factions", as well as key and young party members, and has secured 20 nominees.

According to Japanese media reports, Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi also plans to formally announce her candidacy next week.

Koizumi is well-known in Japanese public opinion and has been listed as a popular candidate for the next prime minister in the Yomiuri Shimbun national opinion poll. The Nikkei Shimbun and Tokyo TV conducted an opinion poll on August 21 and 22, and the results showed that Koizumi became the most popular candidate with 23% support, followed by former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba with 18%, who ranked first in the July opinion poll. Sanae Takaichi ranked third with 11% support.

The LDP presidential election is held every three years. Fumio Kishida's term as the current LDP president will end on September 30. According to LDP regulations, the presidential election will be held from September 20 to 29. The official 15-day campaign period will begin on September 12. Voting and vote counting will take place on September 27.

With Shinjiro Koizumi announcing his candidacy for the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan's political landscape is reaching a new turning point. Shinjiro Koizumi's candidacy not only carries the political legacy of his father Junichiro Koizumi, but also symbolizes that Japan's political arena may usher in a new generation of changes. We now need to observe his campaign performance in the coming weeks and whether he can successfully unite the forces of the various factions within the party.