自民じみん総裁そうさい選せん 高市たかいち氏し きょう政策せいさく説明せつめい 小泉こいずみ氏し あす立候補りっこうほ表明ひょうめいへ

The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election is just three days away from being officially announced, and former Minister for Economic Security, Ms. Takaichi, explained her own policies at a press conference on the 19th, including starting to work on designing a tax credit with benefits system.

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi is expected to officially announce his candidacy at a press conference on the 20th.

The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election is approaching, with the official announcement scheduled for the 22nd next week, just three days away. On the 18th, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi officially announced his candidacy at a press conference, stating, I will make full use of my 30 years of experience as a member of the Diet to work for Japan.

And for measures against rising prices, in addition to establishing a roughly 1% increase in real wages, a new system was proposed to provide support mainly to low- and middle-income households, taking into account the combined burden of taxes and social insurance premiums.

He expressed an attitude of placing importance on cooperation with opposition parties on a policy-by-policy basis.

Additionally, former Minister for Economic Security, Kobayashi, who has officially announced his candidacy, and former Secretary-General, Motegi, are each working to secure support.

Mr. Kobayashi visited the Chiba Prefectural Assembly on the 18th and called for support from about 40 assembly members belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party group, saying, I want to gather as many party member votes as possible, even if its just one more.

Mr. Motegi held a meeting with about 20 lawmakers to solidify his camps structure, stating, I want to share a sense of crisis regarding the current state of Japan and the Liberal Democratic Party, and work together to face the party leadership election.

On the other hand, former Minister for Economic Security, Ms. Takaichi, will officially announce her candidacy at a press conference on the afternoon of the 19th.

In this context, it explains its own policies such as starting to design a system for a tax credit with benefits, which provides benefits or income tax deductions according to income as a measure against rising prices, and abolishing the provisional gasoline tax rate.

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi is expected to officially announce his candidacy at a press conference on the 20th, after holding the inauguration ceremony for the election campaign headquarters on the 19th.

Takaichi and Koizumi each visited Supreme Advisor Aso, who leads the only faction within the party, on the 18th to inform him of their intention to run. Kobayashi and Motegi have also met with him previously.

There are about 40 members in the Aso faction, but Mr. Aso has not stated how he will respond to the upcoming party leadership election.