Ishiba seen most fit as Abe's successor: Kyodo News poll
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With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set to resign due to ill health,... Tokyo is now tasked with choosing its next leader.
A recent poll by Kyodo News suggests one of Japan's former defense chiefs is the most popular choice to step into Abe's shoes.
Lee Seung-jae has more.
According to a Kyodo News survey released on Sunday,... former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular choice to be Japan's next prime minister.
It shows Ishiba leading with 34-point-3 percent support,... far outpacing other potential candidates.
The poll included Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga with 14-point-3 percent,... Defense Minister Taro Kono with 13-point-6 percent,... Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi with 10-point-1 percent,... and the Liberal Democratic Party's policy chief Fumio Kishida with 7-point-5 percent.
The survey, conducted over two days on 1-thousand-50 people,... also showed 58-point-6 percent believed Abe's resignation was appropriate.
Over a quarter said it came too late,... while 12-point-7 percent felt it was too soon.
Regarding what people want the next Cabinet to prioritize,... 72-point-9 percent chose the COVID-19 pandemic,... while others chose the economy and job creation.
However,... experts say that, despite Ishiba often being a frontrunner in the survey,... the chance of him winning the LDP presidential election isn't that high,... as he's less popular with the party's parliamentarians.
In 2012,... Ishiba beat Abe in the first round of an LDP presidential election thanks to strong support from the party's rank-and-file,... but was defeated in the second round when only lawmakers were allowed to vote.
Citing's Abe's sudden resignation and the pandemic,... the party's leadership is planning a scaled-down election,... excluding votes from grassroots members.
There's speculation it could take place on September 14th.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.
With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set to resign due to ill health,... Tokyo is now tasked with choosing its next leader.
A recent poll by Kyodo News suggests one of Japan's former defense chiefs is the most popular choice to step into Abe's shoes.
Lee Seung-jae has more.
According to a Kyodo News survey released on Sunday,... former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular choice to be Japan's next prime minister.
It shows Ishiba leading with 34-point-3 percent support,... far outpacing other potential candidates.
The poll included Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga with 14-point-3 percent,... Defense Minister Taro Kono with 13-point-6 percent,... Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi with 10-point-1 percent,... and the Liberal Democratic Party's policy chief Fumio Kishida with 7-point-5 percent.
The survey, conducted over two days on 1-thousand-50 people,... also showed 58-point-6 percent believed Abe's resignation was appropriate.
Over a quarter said it came too late,... while 12-point-7 percent felt it was too soon.
Regarding what people want the next Cabinet to prioritize,... 72-point-9 percent chose the COVID-19 pandemic,... while others chose the economy and job creation.
However,... experts say that, despite Ishiba often being a frontrunner in the survey,... the chance of him winning the LDP presidential election isn't that high,... as he's less popular with the party's parliamentarians.
In 2012,... Ishiba beat Abe in the first round of an LDP presidential election thanks to strong support from the party's rank-and-file,... but was defeated in the second round when only lawmakers were allowed to vote.
Citing's Abe's sudden resignation and the pandemic,... the party's leadership is planning a scaled-down election,... excluding votes from grassroots members.
There's speculation it could take place on September 14th.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.