As of 14th September, Japanese politics is lost in chaos. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will run the election of the next party president because of the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
As of noon, two persons are said to run for the election. One is the Secretary-General of LDP, Taro Aso. The other is former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda. Both are very much famous.
It was reported that the Minister of Finance, Fukushiro Nukaga, would run for the election, but he gave up. He mentioned that he would support Fukuda.
Just after the Premier's announcement of his stepping down, it was believed that Aso would be the successor of Abe. However, as Fukuda indicated his intention to run for the election last night, the circumstances changed.
Some members of the House of Representatives, who are usually called Koizumi Children, sought ways to persuade former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to run for the election again. Some experts say that the "Children" won their elections with the strong support of then Prime Minister Koizumi, but without it, it will be very difficult to make it happen again.
They asked Koizumi to, but he said "no".