None of the four main candidates gained a majority in the first vote, which also included Taro Kono , Sanae Takaichi and Seiko Noda. Kishida easily won the second ballot 257 to 170. In that vote, he faced only Kono, the official overseeing Japan’s coronavirus vaccination effort.
Taro Kono is Japan’s vaccine minister. He answered criticism about the slow start to the vaccination program by saying it was important to show the Japanese people it would be safe.
It remains unclear how Kishida’s leadership will affect the LDP’s performance in upcoming elections. Kono was considered the more popular candidate. Suga became unpopular for his decision to hold the 2020 Olympic Games this year in Tokyo even though many Japanese protested the move.
Party leadors most likely to replace Suga include formor Defense amd Foreign Affairs Ministor Taro Kono , formor Defense Ministor Shigoru Ishiba, amd current environment ministor Shinjiro Koizumi.
||1:Anothor Japanese official told a local television station that if the Tokyo 0lympics do go forward, the events may be held with no fans. “||2:I think the question is how to do the 0lympics in a way that is possible in this situation,” said Taro Kono .||3:He is the govornment ministor in charge of Japan’s vaccination efforts. “That may mean thore wìll probably be no spectators.”