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Today, Japan's parliament elected Fumio Kishida Japan's 100th prime minister.
One of his first actions was to move the Lower House election to 31 October. "It will be wise to hold the Lower House election at the earliest possible date when the public still has high expectations" for the new Cabinet, an LDP official said.
As if anyone had expectations.
It's good when things stay in the family:
Koizumi Jr. was booted for supporting Taro Kono.
Right-winger Sanae Takaichi, who shook hands with the chairman of Japan's neonazi party and advocates traditional gender roles, was appointed chairwoman of the Policy Research Council.
From Wikipedia:
And Taro Kono - although the public's favoured candidate - became the head of the LDP's public relations department. Clearly a "window seat", at least for the time being.
On his first day in office, Kishida launched a barrage of promises and policy statements:
PS: here's what the markets think of the new government:
One of his first actions was to move the Lower House election to 31 October. "It will be wise to hold the Lower House election at the earliest possible date when the public still has high expectations" for the new Cabinet, an LDP official said.
As if anyone had expectations.
It's good when things stay in the family:
Koizumi Jr. was booted for supporting Taro Kono.
Right-winger Sanae Takaichi, who shook hands with the chairman of Japan's neonazi party and advocates traditional gender roles, was appointed chairwoman of the Policy Research Council.
From Wikipedia:
And Taro Kono - although the public's favoured candidate - became the head of the LDP's public relations department. Clearly a "window seat", at least for the time being.
On his first day in office, Kishida launched a barrage of promises and policy statements:
- his government will aim for economic growth and redistribution
- and consider tweaking the country's financial income tax rate will be among options in addressing income disparity
- it will uphold freedom, democracy, rule of law
- Kishida is willing to meet with N. Korea's Kim without preconditions
- he is considering cash handouts for people hit by COVID-19
- he vows to work toward a world without nuclear arms
PS: here's what the markets think of the new government:
Tokyo stocks plunge as new Kishida gov't disappoints market
Tokyo stocks plunged Monday, extending their losing streak to six days, as the market was disappointed by new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apparently prioritizing factional interests over injecting fresh faces into his Cabinet. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 326.18 points, or 1.13...