TOKYO, Sept 12 — A photogenic political scion, a military model-maker and a hardliner hoping to become Japan’s first woman prime minister are among nine candidates vying to...
TOKYO, Sept 12 — A photogenic political scion, a military model-maker and a hardliner hoping to become Japan’s first woman prime minister are among nine candidates vying to lead the world’s fourth largest economy.
The 67-year-old has questioned the Bank of Japan’s maverick interest rate policy while calling for efforts to counter rural depopulation. Like Abe, Takaichi, who also ran for the leadership in 2021, backs aggressive monetary easing, active fiscal spending and nuclear power. Thirteen years after the Fukushima disaster, he has softened his opposition to nuclear power to meet growing energy demands, including from AI data centres.Harvard-educated former consultant and current foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa is one of two women in the running along with Takaichi.
The Harvard-educated LDP secretary-general has been economy and foreign minister, and is respected for his policy knowledge.
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