Polls suggest a Koizumi–Takaichi showdown for LDP leadership, but internal powerbrokers may push aside veteran candidates to engineer a youth-versus-youth race between Koizumi and Kobayashi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/18/japan/whiteboarding-the-ldp-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #toshimitsumotegi #takayukikobayashi #shigeruishiba #fumiokishida
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party faces a crowded leadership race amid deepening factionalism, weakened leadership and the absence of a unifying candidate capable of halting its internal decline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/16/japan/saving-the-fractured-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #shinjirokoizumi#sanaetakaichi#toshimitsumotegi #takayukikobayashi#yoshimasahayashi
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi touted his “moderate conservatism” as what makes him different as he announced his bid for the Liberal Democratic Party leadership on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/japan/politics/kobayashi-announces/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takayukikobayashi #ldp#sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #diet#yoshimasahayashi
The outcome of the LDP's upcoming leadership election is likely to be heavily influenced by the votes of rank-and-file party members and supporters across the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/politics/koizumi-takaichi-seen-running-ahead-in-ldp-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shinjirokoizumi#sanaetakaichi#toshimitsumotegi #takayukikobayashi#yoshimasahayashi
Will a right-wing leader emerge from the LDP presidential election? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/politics/ldp-conservatives/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takayukikobayashi#sanaetakaichi #ldp #shinjirokoizumi#fumiokishida #tetsuosaito #komeito
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi has announced he will contest in the Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming presidential election triggered by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s intention to step down. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/politics/kobayashi-ldp-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takayukikobayashi #ldp
Liberal Democratic Party presidential hopeful Toshimitsu Motegi aims to form a new coalition with Komeito and another party, possibly the Democratic Party for the People or Nippon Ishin no Kai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/politics/motegi-ldp-presidential-election-bid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp#toshimitsumotegi #shinjirokoizumi #takayukikobayashi #dpp #nipponishinnokai
The Liberal Democratic Party will pick its next leader through a full-scale vote, a process that is likely to favor some more than others. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/japan/politics/presidential-election-schedule/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba#sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi#toshimitsumotegi#yoshimasahayashi #takayukikobayashi#fumiokishida #yoshihidesuga
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is living his darkest hours since he took office last October, after the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership group threw in the towel on his presidency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/politics/ishiba-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #hiroshimoriyama #taroaso#sanaetakaichi #takayukikobayashi #ryoseiakazawa #takeshiiwaya
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama says he intends to resign from his post to take responsibility for the party’s Upper House election losses in July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/politics/ldp-election-assessment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #hiroshimoriyama #shigeruishiba #takayukikobayashi #2025upperhouseelection