Reaction on the streets of Japan's capital to new LDP leader are mixed
發佈日期: 2025-10-05 18:29
TVB News
The newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Sanae Takaichi said she will immediately work on stemming rising prices while also focusing on diplomatic and security challenges.
Takaichi is likely to become Japan's first woman prime minister. The reaction on the street to her win has been mixed as newspapers distributed special edition copies to passers-by touting her historic victory.
In her first news conference as the Liberal Democratic Party leader Takaichi said that she was "hoping to change the scenery for LDP a little."
In regards to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which honours the country's war dead, she said the shrine is a peaceful facility for the war dead.
She said, "I will properly judge how to pay respects to the war dead and pray for peace accordingly. This issue definitely should not be a diplomatic one."
As a successor of the outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Takaichi said she respects all tariffs and investment agreements struck between Tokyo and Washington under the Ishiba government.
The LDP remains by far the largest party in the lower house, which determines the national leader. Takaichi, as leader of the party, is likely to become the country's next prime minister.
As special edition newspapers hit the streets of Tokyo, reaction to her victory was mixed.
Some office workers said "A non-hereditary politician was chosen, and the first woman..", and some said "Yes I think there's hope because she's the first female party leader."
A man said he was concerned about her hardline conservative views, "I do have expectations. But what concerns me a bit are some of her past statements that seemed somewhat nationalistic. If that kind of rhetoric goes too far - now, the whole world seems to be moving in that direction - it raises concerns."
