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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced to resign from his post on Sunday (September 7, 2025). The demands of resignation against him in the party had intensified after the recent upper house elections were defeated. Now the struggle for the new leader has started in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Many leaders are coming up in this process, including Sane Taki, Shinjiro Koizumi, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Yoshihiko Noda and Yuichiro Tamaki. After the election, the new Prime Minister will be selected by voting in Parliament.
Sane Takaichi – Japan’s first woman on the path of becoming Prime Minister
Sane Takaichi (age-64 years) is a senior leader of LDP. She is known for the conservative ideology and has last competed with Ishiba for leadership. If she is elected then Japan’s first woman will become Prime Minister. Sane has served as a minister in economic security and internal affairs.
Shinjiro Coizhumi – Hope to become the youngest Prime Minister
Shinjiro Koizumi (age-44 years) comes from a political family and is known as a reformer. He has tried to improve the image of the party from corruption in Japan. Koizumi has also worked as the Minister of Environment and is in favor of making the climate policy effective.
Yoshimasa Hayashi – Government’s vocal spokesperson
Yoshimasa Hayashi (age-64 years) has been the Chief Cabinet Secretary. He has taken over the Ministry of Defense, Foreign and Agriculture. Experts in English and experts in foreign policy, Hayashi are in favor of maintaining the freedom of the monetary policy of Bank of Japan. He has participated twice in LDP leadership elections.
Yoshihiko Noda and Yuichiro Tamaki
Yoshihiko Noda (Age-68 years) is the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) and has also been a former Prime Minister. He supported fiscal stiffness by increasing consumption tax. Recently he demanded temporary tax deduction on food items and advocated gradually ending the encouragement scheme of Bank of Japan.
Yuichiro Tamaki (age-56 years) is the co-founder of right-wing Democratic Party for the People (DPP). He has been a former Finance Ministry officer. Tamaki is in favor of tax deduction, tax exemption and increasing people’s income. They are also in support of strengthening the country’s defense capabilities, implementing strict rules on foreign land acquisition and creating new nuclear plants. Also, they recommend ending the monetary policy of Bank of Japan in a cautious manner.