China Daily Network, September 29th. On September 29th local time, the voting results of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party presidential election were released. Kishida Fumio defeated Kono Taro with 257 votes to 170 votes, and was elected as the 27th president of Liberal Democratic Party .
Because the Liberal Democratic Party holds a majority in the Japanese parliament, Fumio Kishida will undoubtedly be elected as the new Prime Minister of Japan on October 4, becoming the 100th Prime Minister of Japan, and lead the Liberal Democratic Party to welcome the next month's House of Representatives election.
As a former foreign minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida tried his best to promote the then-US President Obama to visit Hiroshima , which attracted global attention.
According to Reuters , when asked about his leadership style, Kishida, 64, said last month that politically, bottom-up consensus building is just as important as top-down approach.
The following are the positions taken by Kishida on some key policies.
Economic
Kishida once said that if he becomes the leader, fiscal rectification will be the main pillar of economic policy. He expressed doubts about the over-easing policy of the Bank of Japan and said in 2018 that the stimulus policy cannot last forever.
But as the Japanese economy is suffering from the coronavirus pandemic, Kishida changed its position and said the Bank of Japan must maintain its massive stimulus policy.
He proposed a fiscal expenditure plan of more than 30 trillion yen, adding that Japan will not raise the sales tax rate to more than 10% "within about ten years".
He said: "Fiscal reform is the direction we need to go ultimately, although we will not try to fill Japan's deficit by immediately increasing taxes."
He emphasized the need to allocate more wealth to families, which is in sharp contrast to the " Abe Economics " policy of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "Abe Economics" will focus on increasing corporate profits, hoping that benefits can benefit the working class.
In terms of energy and climate change
In 2011, Fukushima nuclear pollution seriously damaged the public's trust in nuclear energy, but Kishida believes that in order to ensure stable and loadable electricity, nuclear energy should still be an energy option.
Japan is working to achieve the carbon neutrality target in 2050, and a sharp reduction in fossil fuel power generation is inevitable.
He recently said: "I do think renewable energy is important. But when I consider whether it's good enough to rely solely on renewable energy, I think we need to be prepared with other options like hydrogen, small nuclear facilities and nuclear fusion ."
Respond to New Coronavirus Epidemic
Some people criticized that there are too many departments responsible for the measures for the new coronavirus at present, and Kishida plans to allow a new government agency to play a leading role in the response to the new coronavirus.
He believes that drug development and extensive vaccination are the key to restoring normal life.
Kishida told reporters this month: "We are working hard to develop oral drugs and widely distributed by the end of the year, and the government needs to fully support these efforts."
He said: "I hope to move towards the goal of returning our socio-economic activities to a near normal state at the beginning of next year."
(translated by: Nisina, edited by: Han He)
