Kishida poses for a portrait picture following his press conference at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party after he was elected as party president in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2021. - AP
TOKYO (Bloomberg): Fumio Kishida secured Japan’s premiership by showing his strength among ruling party insiders. Now, the ex-banker who has conceded some see him as boring will have to prove he can win over voters frustrated with the government’s coronavirus policies.
Kishida, 64, is set to become Japan’s prime minister after defeating a more popular reformer, Taro Kono, in an election Wednesday to lead the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party. While Kishida can all-but guarantee that the LDP will install him as premier at a special session Monday, keeping the job will require convincing a skeptical public he deserves it in a general election within weeks.
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