In a joint opinion poll conducted by the Sankei News and FNN (Fuji News Network) on the 23rd and 24th, when asked who would become the next leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, former Minister of Economic Security Takahashi Sanae led with 23.0%. The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Koizumi Jinno, followed closely with 20.9%. After the severe defeat in the House of Councillors election, the party is facing an imminent decision on the pros and cons of holding an early LDP leadership election, and people are focusing on the future responses of the "post-Ishibashi" candidates.
Both are Japanese hardline conservatives who have visited the Yasukuni Shrine and have downplayed or denied Japan's history of aggression during World War II.
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