Sanae Taikaichi became the first female Prime Minister of Japan. He called upon everyone to work hard for the reconstruction of the country. The main challenges before him are the sluggish economy and unifying the party.
Tokyo: Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Taikaichi said on Tuesday that Japan can be rebuilt only with the cooperation and hard work of every generation. I will keep my promises. We can rebuild the country only by uniting every generation and with everyone’s participation. Since we are only a few people, I ask everyone to work; Work like a horse. I myself would give up the idea of work-life balance. I would just work, work, work, work and work.
He stressed that to rebuild Japan and the LDP, everyone must work tirelessly in their own areas of experience. I will also work. Please guide me. Talking about the future, the PM highlighted the need for speedy implementation of several policies and stressed on further energizing the LDP. He said, “At this moment, instead of being happy, I am realizing the difficulties to come. There is a lot of work that we have to do together. That is what I believe. There are many policies that need to be implemented quickly. Efforts will also have to be made to build a party that can transform people’s concerns into hope.”
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party chairperson Sanae Taikaichi was elected prime minister by parliament on Tuesday. She became the first woman leader of the country.
According to Kyodo’s report, Taikaichi won the first round of voting in the lower house and there was no need for a second round of voting. He received 237 votes against 149 votes of Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda. Japan’s official news agency reported that 64-year-old Taikaichi became Japan’s PM by securing 237 votes out of 465 votes cast in the lower house of parliament. The challenges facing the new PM include unifying the ruling party, which is struggling with a sluggish economy and scams and infighting.