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china news service, september 25. according to reports from kyodo news and the japan broadcasting association (nhk), as the countdown to the liberal democratic party presidential election in japan entered, on september 24 local time, former japanese environment minister shinjiro koizumi met with liberal democratic party vice president taro aso and asked for his support in the presidential election.

image source: screenshot of nhk report

according to the report, relevant sources said that the two sides met for about 30 minutes, and shinjiro koizumi asked taro aso to help him in the parliamentary vote.

the report pointed out that the "aso faction" led by taro aso has 54 members of the house of representatives and the house of councillors. in the second round of voting where the proportion of members' votes is higher, their support is likely to be the key to victory or defeat.

multiple polls show that in the ldp presidential election, shinjiro koizumi, former ldp secretary-general shigeru ishiba, and minister of economic security sanae takaichi are leading the race.

according to the election voting rules, in the first round of voting, the votes of ldp members from all over japan and ldp members of parliament each account for half, and the candidate who receives more than half of the votes wins. if no one receives more than half of the votes, the two candidates with the most votes will enter the second round, which is the runoff round.

japanese media predict that it is very likely that no one will get more than half of the votes in the first round of elections. who will win in the second round will depend on whether they can get more support from members of parliament.

the ldp presidential election is scheduled to be held on september 27. the current japanese prime minister and ldp president fumio kishida has announced that he will not run for the election, which means that after the election, the new president will take over as prime minister.