What to know about the party vote that will determine Japan's next leader

I'm betting if Takaichi wins expect to see the markets reflect it quickly. She will poison any friendship that Kishida has formed with Yoon of Korea, and will go hard at China. I guess this will make the US happy, but no one else!

Dango bongToday  07:34 am JST

-Whomever the L+DP elects will likely get beat by Noda

How do you figure that out?

I'll bet on Motegi because he just about as bland and malleable from a USA perspective as they come.

If Trump is re-elected, god forbid, Motegi could be perfect given his nickname.

All prime ministers are elected by their parties. In the UK there is discussion about whether the voters should elect the prime minister.

All you need to know is this : Ishiba will be elected leader.

I'll bet on Motegi because he just about as bland and malleable from a USA perspective as they come.

The political parties are gearing up for a November election.

I'll bet 100yen it's Takaichi. Jiminto wants to show the public they've changed. What would be the biggest demonstration of that? A woman PM. It will also show the world that Japan is a "modern" country. And, the party bosses get a "leader" (finger quotes) who is even more conservative than Kishida and many of the other PM hopefuls.

Of course, it can be Ishiba, due to tenure and it being "his turn". But, my yen is on that horrible Takaichi.

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For all the problems the U.S. has at least it lets the people directly elect their leader. That is a superior way to choosing the head of the country.

Not exactly. The Electoral College system insulates the voters from directly electing the president. That is how Bush and Trump became president, despite losing the direct national vote.

Aso and the faction he leads have reportedly thrown their support behind Takaichi. Read into that what you will.

Now it's just between Ishiba and Takaichi.

The new leader is former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba. He will be sworn in on Tuesday.

Dont see Japan changin much no matter which one wins.

Narrator: This was, in fact, the plan.

None of the candidates are a very good choice.

For all the problems the U.S. has at least it lets the people directly elect their leader. That is a superior way to choosing the head of the country.

The revolving door game of season 2 is showing. Throughout the 1990s until 2009. Japan's infighting of LDP's political power was high lead to a long time stagnation.Some believed Shinzo Abe could be a game changer but nothing has achieved until now.

These nine guys and girls were political amateurs, they might be Prime minister one by one but they willbchanging their own but not the nation. Mark my words and see what they achieved ten years later. Japan will be falling out of the G7 club in ten years or less. Thanks to althe LDP!

My Japanese family members, friends, neighbors and coworkers have zero interest in this story. Zilch!

History will remarks today is sealing the worst deal ever, both domestic and diplomacy. The LDP a very big bureaucracy that exists because of a myth haunting the Japanese people mind !

What to know about the party vote that will determine Japan's next leader

Whoever listens to and makes the most money for Aso Taro's bank account.

That's who will be Japan's next leader.

Dont see Japan changin much no matter which one wins.

The only thing we need to know is that nothing will change, which is why people in Japan are so detached from politics.

Help us Takaichi-san, you're our only hope

Then your hope is a fantasy, she and the other eight guys/girl all of them amateurs!

More commie than China.

Only 700+ people decide who leads a nation of 120 million, all I need to know how corrupt the system is.

What to know about the party vote that will determine Japan's next leader

It doesn't matter. That's all you need to know.

A backward,one party, nepotistic political system rules Japan.

In the end all the three favorite candidates are ultra-conservative or even more right wing.

People criticize the left but actually Japan doesn’t even have a center party as the LDP is pretty far right.

Help us Takaichi-san, you're our only hope

here is what to know:

-No woman has a shot in hell of being elected by LDP members

-No matter who gets elected nothing will change

-Whomever the L+DP elects will likely get beat by Noda