Japan PM contender Kishida urges new form of capitalism to end disparity, recover from pandemic
The Peninsula
Tokyo: Japan should strive for a new form of capitalism to reduce income disparity that has worsened under the coronavirus pandemic, says former foreign minister Fumio Kishida who hopes to become leader of the ruling party and next prime minister.
Kishida is the only Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member to announce his candidacy in a leadership vote on Sept. 29, after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga last Friday said he would step down. The winner of the vote is all but assured to be Japan's next prime minister. Popular COVID-19 vaccination minister Taro Kono and former internal minister Sanae Takaichi have signalled their ambition to run.
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