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    Home / News / World News / Ex-diplomat Fumio Kishida is Japan's new Prime Minister
    Ex-diplomat Fumio Kishida is Japan's new Prime Minister
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    Ex-diplomat Fumio Kishida is Japan's new Prime Minister

    Written by Varnika Sharma
    (PTI desk)
    September 29, 2021 | 04:45 pm 2 min read
    Ex-diplomat Fumio Kishida is Japan's new Prime Minister
    Fumio Kishida is under pressure to change the party's high-handed reputation worsened by Yoshihide Suga

    Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party leadership election on Wednesday and is set to become the next prime minister, facing the imminent task of addressing a pandemic-hit economy and ensuring a strong alliance with Washington to counter growing regional security risks. Kishida replaces outgoing party leader Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who is stepping down after serving only one year.

    Kishida beat vaccinations Minister Taro Kono in a runoff

    As new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kishida is certain to be elected the next prime minister on Monday in parliament, where his party and coalition partner control the house. Kishida beat vaccinations Minister Taro Kono in a runoff after finishing only one vote ahead of him in the first round where none of the four candidates was able to win a majority.

    Kishida is under pressure to change the party's high-handed reputation

    Results showed Kishida had more support from party heavyweights who apparently chose stability over change advocated by Kono, who is known as something of a maverick. The new leader is under pressure to change the party's high-handed reputation worsened by Suga, who angered the public over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and insistence on holding the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

    Economy under Abe had only benefited big companies: Kishida

    The long-ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party desperately needs to quickly turn around plunging public support ahead of lower house elections coming within two months. The new leader, Kishida called for growth and distribution under his new capitalism, saying that the economy under Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had only benefited big companies.

    Little change is expected in key diplomatic and security policies

    Overall, little change is expected in key diplomatic and security policies under the new leader, said Yu Uchiyama, a political science professor at the University of Tokyo. All of the candidates support close Japan-US security ties and partnerships with other like-minded democracies in Asia and Europe, in part to counter China's growing influence and a threat from nuclear-armed North Korea.

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