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The Tokyo metropolitan chapter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party held a “women-only” recruitment drive for candidates in the next Lower House election, drawing internal criticism of discrimination against male politicians.
Lower House Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda described the ties between the Unification Church and slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as “deep” and dating back to “ancient times.”
Excluded from the current “troika politics,” former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga appears to have made his first move at a comeback with an attack against his successor, Fumio Kishida.
While Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prides himself on his ability to listen, his gift of gab failed him when he sought to placate concerns about ties between lawmakers of his Liberal Democratic Party and the Unification Church.
A day after his ruling Liberal Democratic Party triumphed in the Upper House election, a subdued Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to carry on the political work of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.