Ishiba tops corporate Japan's PM wish list, poll shows

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is corporate Japan's top choice to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, edging out Sanae Takaichi, who strives to become the nation's first female premier, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday.

Great reason. for the Japanese public to get both of them out of office and make sure neither is leading.

Not that the others are much better in the LDP.

the LDP might not win the election no matter who the select.

Japan is saddled with the industrial world's heaviest debt load, at more than twice the size of its economy.

And all of it is Japanese Yen and most it is held by the BOJ and Japan is the world's largest creditor nation. I wonder why the press never prints those facts.

"With other countries cutting rates, we don't really see the need to rush into another rate hike and weaken international competitiveness and companies' earning power," a manager at a machinery maker said in the survey.

Exactly.

Good old Shigeru looks as if he is relaxing to make it Suntory time...

Dango bong...

the LDP might not win the election no matter who the select.

Don't worry, they will. They always do. It is the default setting.

Since 1955 the LDP have been in power for all but 3 years. Don't expect this to change anytime soon. In the countryside, they vote for their feudal masters, old established LDP families. Enough to guarantee the election win.