the liberal democratic - like that. the liberal democratic party - like that. eral - democratic party has basically governed japan since the second world war but as you mentioned, its reputation was damaged by the handling of the pandemic and then the tokyo 0lympics. people lost faith in the party? they have lost confidence in the liberal democratic party and their leader somewhat but there disappointment with them is not at the level where they are willing to give the opposition party a chance. i think what the voters are most likely to do in this election is that the liberal democratic party would definitely lose seats. and that is primarily because of the protest vote from all of those voters, not necessarily because the support vote, active support for the opposition, but it is their way of expressing frustration and unhappiness with the way the government has been handling these things, including the pandemic. these things, including the pandemic— these things, including the andemic. ., ., ., , ., pandemic. what do voters want the to prioritise? _ pandemic.

they have lost confidence in the liberal democratic party and their government somewhat but their disappointmentposition party a chance. i think what the voters are most likely to do in this election is that the liberal democratic party would definitely lose seats. and that is primarily because of the protest vote from all of those voters, not necessarily because the support vote, active support for the opposition, but it is their way of expressing frustration and unhappiness with the way the government has been handling these things, including the pandemic. what do voters want the politicians to prioritise? i do think they want the government to show clearer steps out of the pandemic. plan b, if you will, in case another pandemic or similar situation comes back. not a very ad hoc response, as the predecessors have shown. and a great part of the economy has very much been hurt by the pandemic and the reduction of the social activities and other things. so how this leadership will pull the country out of the economic inactivity and begins to revitalise the economy toward the post pandemic world t

the governing liberal—democratic party hoping to maintain its grip on power.ello, welcome to the programme. there's been a long day of discussions in rome where world leaders of the 620 summit have endorsed a landmark deal to tax the profits of multi—national companies by an agreed minimum of 15%. the leaders also discussed climate change, covid vaccines and concerns about iran's nuclear programme. our north american editor john sopel sent this report from rome. good to go. and with that thumbs up from the american president, the biggest gathering of world leaders since covid arrived could get under way. and everyone�*s relearning social etiquette. to mask or not to mask. unmask. to shake hands or not. shake. and with everyone back in the same room, the host, the italian prime minister, made a tentative call to order. i think we can start. fumbles the microphone. and after so long apart, he urged a renewed commitment to working together. multilateralism is the best answer to the problems we face today. in many ways, it's the only possible answer. from the pand

now the former foreign minister is leading japan's ruling liberal democratic party . he set now to become prime minister cuz she to was seen as a safe choice for the l. b p. as it faces general elections in november. he's challenged with leading the party to victory after it's popularity declined, but it's got to win public support to. it wasn't the most favored contender among young party members, nor among the japanese people. cuz she has pledge to counter china's growing influence and promised to narrow japan's income inequality gap, florence louis reports. julio kisha is the new chief of japan's governing liberal democratic party. he is also set to become prime minister as his party and coalition partner control the houses of parliament . it's the 2nd time the former foreign minister has run for the leadership. after competing against outgoing premier yoshi days to guard last year. in his acceptance speech, he should have promised to lead the party to success in next month's general election, but i cetera i want to firmly show a reborn, liberal democratic party to

reporter: he's the new chief of the governing liberal democratic party. s also set to become prime minister as his party and coalition partner control the houses of parliament. it's the second time the former foreign minister has run for the leadership after competing against the outgoing premier last year. in his acceptance speech, he promised to lead the party to success in next month general election. >> i want to formally show a reborn liberal democratic party to japanese citizens and urge them to support us. from today, i will, with all the energy get straight to work. party members around the country and members of parliament, please work with me. reporter: a first round boat had failed to produce a majority winner and two female contenders dropped out of the race. in a runoff, he faced an outspoken minister in charge of japan's covid-19 vaccine rollout who had been ahead in opinion polls. but widely regard as a safe pair of hands, he had the support of lawmakers and beat his rival by 257-170. analyst say his rise to the premiership is unlikely to de

but prime minister premier casita is liberal democratic party is said to lose a number of seats and a set back for the leader who took charge only weeks ago. but the pride reports this has no just been a contest between political parties, but also a struggle against voter apathy. especially among young voters who feel particularly disengaged. your lot easier, like this campaign in the run up to sundays pole was aimed at encouraging more young people to vote. waco having rural japan almost continuously since world war 2 . the liberal democratic party is seen by many is the only choice that's in spite of an attempt in this election by the opposition parties to coordinate their campaigns, to win over l. d. p. c. panel. i don't have confidence in the other parties or need a liberal democratic party is good enough to my president. so even though the l e. p is winning big in recent elections, their support in the country is not necessarily high. historically speaking, the victory is indeed led by the set back of the oppositions mother seen as a test of newly elected prime minister, fumey oa

the liberal democratic party is seen by many is the only choice that's in spite of an attempt in this election by the opposition parties to coordinate that campaigns to win over l d p. c. panel, i don't have confidence the other parties will need a liberal democratic party is good enough, some of us it on. and so even though the l e p is winning big in recent elections, their support in the country is not necessarily high. historically speaking, the victory is indeed led by the set back of the oppositions mother seen as a test of newly elected prime minister, fumey oak is shita. his government faces wide spread dissatisfaction over its handling of the pandemic. he's got a relatively low approval rating, while many voters still seem undecided on him as a leader. many japanese ill, quite helpless about the fact that only one choice. you look at the policy that's announced by, for example, by the opposition, or is all wars less the same? and there's no eye opener. there's no convincing argument that's been displayed. and this, i think, is one of the biggest reasons why in the turn out ra

the liberal democratic party is seen by many is the only choice that's in spite of an attempt in this election by the opposition parties to coordinate their campaigns, to win over l. d. p. c. panel. i don't have confidence in the other parties or need a liberal democratic party is good enough to mark it on. so even though the l e. p is winning big in recent elections, their support in the country is not necessarily high. historically speaking, the victory is indeed led by the set back of the oppositions mother seen as a test of newly elected prime minister fumey ok. sheeter. his government faces widespread dissatisfaction over it's handling of the pandemic. he's got a relatively low approval rating, while many voters still seem undecided on him as a leader. but at the same time, what is interesting is that the disapproval rate is also are fairly low. so i guess it's an honest opinion. people just don't know who he is and what he's after. and so the, i think, ah, reserving from making any firm decision on him just quite yet. cuz she there is hoping to promise of a stimulus package to r

less than two months after prime minister fumio kishida was elected leader of the ruling liberal democratic partye seats, but not lose power. in fact, the ldp has failed to retain power in only two elections since 1955. so, what explains the enduring success of a party that regularly gets the votes ofjust a quarter of japan's registered voters? from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. for all but six of the last 65 years, japan has been led by the same political party, the ldp. this weekend's election looks certain to be won by them again. yet the ldp is not especially popular. it's been led by a succession of rather un—charismatic men, so what explains its tremendous success? partly, it starts here in the japanese countryside. this town of 5,000 people is an ldp stronghold. most residents here are old and old people vote. we met this couple on their way to cast their ballot — that's right, for the ldp. translation: it will be a huge mess if we let i the opposition win. they don't have the experience ldp has. translation: i agree with my husband. - part of the reason why the ldp does so well i

the recent polling is indicating that the liberal democratic party is unlikely to lose government.ity, or indeed some speculation it might increase. but the figures are a bit all over the place at the moment, suffice to say it does look like they will remain in power at least.— in power at least. there has been a big _ in power at least. there has been a big push, _ in power at least. there has been a big push, there - in power at least. there has been a big push, there to i in power at least. there has l been a big push, there to get more young people give out in these elections. is there much engagement amongst young people about the elections, or politics in general injapan? yes, there has been increasingly usually social media like twitter or another popular social media platform here to help students become more involved. i teach the very demographic the politicians would like to target and amongst my students, they have varying degrees of interest in getting involved. most of my students will turn out to without. because that's what we talk about inner seminar. but yes, there

he emerged as the leader for leadership of the liberal democratic party last week.s bring in selena wang from tokyo to talk more. how differently might the new prime minister govern? >> really he was seen as the status quo pick, who is going to be a continuation of his successors. his cabinet is set to be heavy on allies of the former prime minister shinzo abe, and his first test will be this general election coming up. he will be the face of the ruling liberal democratic party that was criticized for the leadership of outgoinging prime minister suga. while the ldp is expected to maintain its power, the risk here is that he's not going to -- kishid, is not going to excite the parties and the party's dominance may be weakened. he was not the public's popular choice. he has struggled to shake off this image as a boring bureaucrat. he is a political veteran, a former foreign minister. but he was not the popular one. it was tara kono who was really the public's favorite. but ultimately, the ruling liberal democratic party went with this leader, who was seen as the safe

the governing liberal democratic party has been led by female cuz she does, since you want a leadership vote a month ago. he's in charge after years. shahita suga resigned a year into the job. you see the has promised to revive your pounds. pandemic battered economy with a stimulus package. so the house of representatives is the more powerful of the japanese parliament, 2 chambers and is made up of 465 seats from jo. casita has set a modest goal for the liberal democrats and its coalition partner. he wants them to win at least $233.00 seats. the fewest needed to secure a majority. but polls are suggesting his party is likely to lose seats. and that's in part because 5 opposition parties are fielding unity candidates in small electoral constituencies. b, l d p has dominated japanese politics since the 2nd world war and has governed the country almost continuously for decades. covering this story is rob mcbride. he's joining us from sol. the rob. how big a test is this for the prime minister? this is being seen generally as, as a test because she does popularity. he is new to the job, but

general election to decide whether to keep the newly appointed prime minister, the governing liberal democratic party has been led by fool casita. since he want a leadership vote a month ago, he took charge after you said he'd have to go resigned a year and to the job. because she has promised to revive japan pandemic battered economy with a stimulus package. so the house of representatives is the more powerful of the japanese parliament, 2 chambers. and it's made up of 465 seats from you because she has set a modest goal for the liberal democrats. and that's coalition partner. he wants them to win at least 233 seats, the least needed to secure a majority. but polls are suggesting his party is likely to lose seats. and that's partly because 5 opposition parties are fielding, unity candidates, and small electoral constituencies. b, l d p has dominated japanese politics in the 2nd world war and as governed almost continuously for decades. rob mcbride is monitoring japan general election from sol . this is being seen generally as a, as a test of the sheet as popularity. he is new to the job, but by asso

election to, to, to decide whether to keep the newly appointed prime minister, the governing liberal democratic party has been led by female because she doesn't want a leadership vote a month ago, he took charge after years, shahita suger resigned a year into the job. because she has promised to revive japan. pandemic battered economy with a stimulus package. rub, mcbride is monitoring japan's general election from so this is being seen generally as a, as a test sheet as popularity. he is new to the job, but by association. he does come into the job, inheriting a lot of the public disapproval of the way the government, which is dominated by the liberal democratic party, and also his predecessor at the a previous prime minister shahid a suga has handled the corona virus pandemic at there were also concerns in japan about the continuing sluggishness of the economy, stagnant wage growth, job security. but this is also seen as a fight, not necessarily between the political parties, but also a fight with voter apathy. the last 2 elections for the lower house have seen the lowest voter turnout since the 2n

the ruling liberal democrat party or ldp led by fumio kishida is expected to remain in government, butepped down afterjust one year in office. joining me now from tokyo is dr donna weeks, professor of political science at musashino university. great to get you on the programme. ijust want great to get you on the programme. i just want to ask what can we expect from the elections this weekend? thank ou. as elections this weekend? thank you as you — elections this weekend? thank you. as you suggest, - elections this weekend? thank you. as you suggest, the - elections this weekend? thank. you. as you suggest, the recent polling is indicating that the liberal democratic party is unlikely to lose. the question is how many seats it might loose from its current majority, the figures are all over the place at the moment. there's benefit putting push to get more young people to vote in elections —— been a big push. is there engagement among young people amongst politics in japan? young people amongst politics in ja an? , , young people amongst politics in jaan? , , ., in japan? yes, they have i

japan's new prime minister, the former foreign minister won the race to lead japan's ruling liberal democratic party. last week he replaces yoshi. he, the saga, who spent only a year in the job of his 13 people have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan . capital, the bombing targeted, the 2nd largest mosque in cub. all a memorial service was being held there for the mother of taliban spokesman. the spanish government has placed 239000000 dollars to help the island of la palmer recover from the devastation caused by its interrupting volcano emergency response teams in the canary islands. to say the options are becoming much more intense. those are the headlines than he's continues here on orders here in about half an hour after this is europe, goodbye. ah ah ah. in reference to loving this loan as you can usually subject. yes, it's better books to possibly buy books. when it goes from a a into from with how much of a big thing. 6 with, with a new long plan in wash the event one is from a cool bos children up from p. i binged sample of a oh oh oh oh wow. i'm good with my mama. oh tim, go above h

the opinion polls show that his liberal democratic party is still way ahead of the opposition party,he opposition parties have developed the strategy of working together to put forward a unified candidate in each constituency, or more than 200 constituencies against the ldp. that could enable them to chip away at the seed. but even if the ldp remains in control, if it loses too many seeds, that can loosen the grip on control of the party, and he could be facing a movement towards replacing him fairly swiftly. highly -- cathing: it seems that the most likely result is that the coalition retains its majority. what would be the first task on their play after the election? >> what we have learned over the weekend from some media reports is that they are heading to the u.k. the day after the election for the climate summit. we already know that president joe biden will be there, so this could be his first time on to the global stage as premier and his first presidential meeting with biden as prime minister. that could be the first thing. but when he gets back to japan. i think what he has

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less than two months after prime minister fumio kishida was elected leader of the ruling liberal democratic partyfact, the ldp has failed to retain power in only two elections since 1955. so, what explains the enduring success of a party that regularly gets the votes ofjust a quarter of japan's registered voters? from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. for all but six of the last 65 years, japan has been led by the same political party, the ldp. this weekend's election looks certain to be won by them again. yet the ldp is not especially popular. it's been led by a succession of rather unremarkable, un—charismatic men, so what explains its tremendous success? partly, it starts here in the japanese countryside. this town of 5,000 people is an ldp stronghold. most residents here are old and old people vote. we met this couple on their way to cast their ballot — that's right, for the ldp. translation: it will be a huge mess if we let i the opposition win. they don't have the experience ldp has. translation: i agree with my husband. - part of the reason why the ldp does so well is that it's always

. >>> the new leader for japan's main ruling liberal democratic party has officially announced his partyxecutives. kishida fumio is virtually assured of becoming prime minister next week. >> translator: we must continue to tackle the new coronavirus with determination. we must steadily push forward with economic measures. we must fulfill our political responsibilities and produce results. >> kishida will go into the upcoming lower house election with these new party officials. amari akira will be in the key post of secretary general. he was a central figure who rallied support for kishida in this week's leader race. fukuda tatsuo was named general council chairperson, the party's highest decisionmaing position. leads the group of lawmakers calling for reform. takaichi san any will be policy research chairperson drawing up the party's promises for the national election. takaichi came in third in the leadership race. in the runoff many of her supporters are believed to given their votes to kishida. and endo toshiaki was once the minister in charge of the tokyo olympic and paralympic games.

on sunday, less than two months after the prime minister was elected leader of the ruling liberal democratic partyty that regularly gets the votes of just a quarter of japan's registered voters for? this election looks certain to be won by them again. yet the ldp is not especially popular. it's been led by rather un—charismatic men, so what explains its tremendous success? partly starts here in the japanese countryside. this town of 5000 people is an ldp stronghold. most residents here are old and old people vote. we met this couple on their way to cast their ballot. that's right, for the ldp. translation: it will be a huge mess if we let the politician win. they don't have the experience ldp has. translation: . i aaree experience ldp has. translation: - i agree with _ experience ldp has. translation: - i agree with my — experience ldp has. translation: . i agree with my husband. - experience ldp has. translation: . i agree with my husband. part- experience ldp has. translation: . i agree with my husband. part of. . i agree with my husband. part of the reason — . i agree with my husband. part of t

called for cash payouts for people hit hard by the outbreak used you to lead his ruling liberal democratic party into an election later this month. what we mean we haven't gotten when he, norway. i am determined to devote body and soul to overcome the national crisis, who will carve out a new era and pass on the next generation country whose citizens are rich at heart . the government will drastically enhance this capabilities against the pandemic, such as strengthening the functions of government restraining the flow of people. taking legislative steps to secure medical resources, as well as they will come, domestic vaccines and madison. there are reports that you are special forces, have been secretly training taiwanese troops. it comes as tensions grow between beijing and ty, pay with taiwan defense minister, calling them the worst in more than 40 years. funerals are being held in pakistan for those killed in an earthquake on thursday. rescue are still searching for survivors. at least 22 people died. those are you headlines. the news continues here on al jazeera after blood and t as more new

he is due to lead his governing liberal democratic party into an election later this month. there are reports that us special forces have been secretly training taiwanese troops since last year. it comes as tensions grow between beijing and taipei, with taiwan defense minister, calling them the worst and more than 4 decades. funerals are being held in southwest of pakistan for those killed in an earthquake on thursday, rescue as a still searching for survivors. at least 22 died. many more were injured or left homeless. those are your headlines back now to blood and tears. i'll have the news are in a little under 25 minutes. she that ah, in may 1945 victory by the allies over nasty germany in the 2nd world war was a cause of wild celebration across the rest of europe. the liberation of france from german occupation tasted especially sweet for the french who shared it across the vast empire. but it also left a bitter taste in countries expecting the dawn of a new era of independence. men from the colonies had fought hard for the golds free french on the promise of a better fut

as his ruling liberal democratic party faces a general election on october 31st, it's got hardly al jazeera, funny samples collected by china's luna prob, have been identified as coming from some of the moon's youngest volcanic rocks. young as in 2000000000 years old, which does make them a 1000000000 years younger than previous fines. the chang 5 luna mission is next expected to collect rocks from the moon's south pole. ah, i how fast they are. these are the headlines. afghan officials say at least 60 people been killed in a bomb attack. a sheer mosque in condos, more than a 100 others have been wounded and i sal and afghanistan has claimed responsibility for you and human rights counselors agree to appoint a new special reporter on afghanistan. will be responsible for monitoring human rights following the taliban takeover of headlines. nobel peace prize has been awarded to journalists, maria theresa, and dmitri moreton committee chair woman better rights. anderson commended them for their fearless journalism and un secretary general antonio terrace. also congratulated dresser and move it

kishida won the liberal democratic party's leadership election last week and is widely seen as an establishmentyoshihide suga but he must call a general election before the end of november. a week after germany's inconclusive general election, the outgoing chancellor angela merkel has urged politicians to resolve their differences. her conservative cdu party narrowly trailed the centre—left sdp at the polls, leaving both hoping to clinch a coalition with the smaller greens and the free democrats. negotiations are likely to take weeks, leaving mrs merkel in a care—taking position in the meantime. the swedish cartoonist lars vilks, whose caricatures of the prophet mohammed caused outrage in the muslim world has died in a car crash. he was 75. two police officers who were protecting him also died when the car they were all in collided with a truck in markaryd in southern sweden. the driver of the truck is in hospital. an investigation is set to start into why a light plane piloted by one of romania's richest man crushed shortly after taking off malan in italy, killing the billionaire, his wife and

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one, normally what happens is whether it is the republican or democratic party, the more conservatives in the republican party the more liberalsmocratic party will roll the moderates and say, just take the hit. the moderates are standing up and saying, i don't want to take a difficult vote in the house i know the senate will not vote for, so this creates the tension where they take vote in the house, suck it up, but the senate comes back and moves it back. moderates are saying, like we've seen in the past, 1993 with the btu pass -- tax taking the tough vote, they knew the senate wasn't going to vote on it and she lost her race. we've seen that happen many times and so that's going to be the crux, moderates holding the line, liberals who are being very bold in saying, i am going to take down this entire an agenda unless i get what i want. lisa: people are saying it is driven by peak recovery and slow growth, and policy uncertainty and the fear that we could head to some sort of default or disruption, and a lack of fiscal spending. given that you are at the intersection of market and government affairs, what's the biggest concer

voters decide whether to keep the countries newly appointed prime minister, the governing liberal democrat party has been led by female cuz she does, since he won a vote just weeks ago, china has started rationing diesel. a nationwide energy shortage has led to a surge in demand for the fuel and a rise in prices. many truck drivers say they're not able to compete a complete long distance routes and deliver vital goods. and supportive band political party in party. so, and have been stalked from reaching the capitol. the protesters are demanding the release of their detained leader. those that headlines. the news continues, hey, on out is there after listening post. and a reminder, you can keep up to date with all the news on our website. out zerrick dotcom to many have been forced to flee their homes, escaping violence, conflict and poverty. but in the last decade, weather related crises have become a primary trigger for the displacement of people as droughts, hurricanes and floods besieged communities. fought lines, travels to the front lines of the climate crisis in central america to see how

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