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2025-10-04 16:52:07
[Shigeru Ishiba responds to Sanae Takaichi's election: I hope she won't lead Japan astray] According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Sanae Takaichi was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on October 4. Later that day, Japan's current Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said about Sanae Takaichi's election, "I hope she won't lead Japan astray." According to reports, Ishiba said, "(Japan) needs not division and confrontation, but cooperation and tolerance. In today's complex international situation, I hope she won't lead Japan astray, and this requires everyone's joint efforts." Ishiba also refused to answer who he voted for in the presidential election held earlier, saying, "I cast my vote for the person I believe is right."
