FILE PHOTO: A customer refuels a vehicle at an Eneos gas station, operated by JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp., in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Cooperation with opposition parties will be critical. For that reason, three of the five presidential candidates have proposed ending the provisional gasoline tax rate, a key policy goal of opposition parties. - Bloomberg
TOKYO: The five candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party presidency have shown varying levels of interest in expanding the ruling bloc. As the new LDP president will have to steer a minority government if chosen as prime minister, the candidates’ views on the issue will be pivotal.
“In this situation, where we lack a majority in both houses of the Diet, dialogue between ruling and opposition parties is the most important thing,” said Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in a policy speech at the party headquarters on Monday (Sept 23).
