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japanese media opinion polls show that shinjiro koizumi, son of former japanese prime minister junichiro koizumi and former environment minister, is expected to become the next japanese prime minister.

earlier, japanese prime minister and president of the ruling liberal democratic party fumio kishida announced on august 14 that he would not participate in the ldp presidential election to be held in september. in other words, he will no longer serve as prime minister of japan, and the new president of the ldp will take over as prime minister.

the ldp presidential election is held every three years. the term of office of japanese prime minister fumio kishida as the current ldp president will end on september 30. according to the ldp's regulations, the ldp presidential election will be held within 10 days from september 20 to 29. the official campaign period of 15 days will begin on september 12. voting and counting of votes will be held on september 27. so far, more than 10 people in the ldp have expressed interest in running for the election.

among them, former ldp secretary-general shigeru ishiba, digital minister taro kono, ldp secretary-general motegi toshimitsu, japanese chief cabinet secretary yoshimasa hayashi, minister of economic security sanae takaichi, former environment minister shinjiro koizumi, and former minister of economic security takayuki kobayashi are all considered to be popular candidates for the new president.

according to cailianshe, polls show that shinjiro koizumi currently has the highest support rate and is expected to win the liberal democratic party presidential election, which means he may become the next japanese prime minister.

shinjiro koizumi (photo source: cctv news)

shinjiro koizumi was born in 1981. he is the second son of former japanese prime minister junichiro koizumi. he graduated from the faculty of economics of kanto gakuin university in japan in 2004, and then went to study at columbia university in the united states. he obtained a master's degree in political science in 2006 and worked as a researcher at the institute for international strategic studies in the united states for one year. after returning to china in 2007, he began to work as his father's secretary. in 2008, he inherited his father's electoral territory. in 2009, he ran for the house of representatives for the first time and was elected.

shinjiro koizumi is young, handsome, and steady. some japanese media have compared him to "japan's macron". he is a "new face" in his early 40s and is highly anticipated. he not only inherited his father's vote bank and political ideas, but also his father's ability to show off and catch the public's attention. since he became a member of the house of representatives, he has visited the yasukuni shrine every august 15th.

shinjiro koizumi (photo source: overseas network)

according to xinhua news agency, shinjiro koizumi had intended to officially announce his candidacy on august 30, but with the approach of super typhoon shanshan, the election of the new president of the ruling liberal democratic party of japan was affected. former environment minister shinjiro koizumi, minister of economic security sanae takaichi and others said they would postpone the announcement of their candidacy for party president.

he decided to postpone the press conference to announce his decision to run for party president until september 6.

according to the nikkei poll results, in the public opinion poll, shinjiro koizumi's approval rating reached 23%, ranking first in the poll. following closely behind was former ldp secretary-general shigeru ishiba, with an approval rating of 18%. japan's minister of economic security sanae takaichi ranked third with an approval rating of 11%.

if the results are narrowed down to the opinions of ldp supporters, koizumi's advantage in victory is even more obvious: koizumi ranks first with 32% support, followed by takaichi with 15% support and ishiba shigeru with 14%.

jimu news, cailian press, xinhua news agency

(source: jimu news)

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