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Takaichi or Koizumi: Will it make a difference to Japan’s foreign policy?
One’s more hawkish than the other but the next PM faces domestic and external constraints on Tokyo’s room for manoeuvre.
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It appears that Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (left) and former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi offer Japan different future pathways in a daunting geopolitical landscape, says the writer.
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The race to determine the leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) – and likely Japan’s next prime minister – is under way. Although the outcome won’t be known till Oct 4, Ms Sanae Takaichi and Mr Shinjiro Koizumi are the favourites.
So far, attention has focused on whether Japan would get its first female prime minister or its youngest, along with the many domestic challenges that await the eventual winner.
