{"id":5672,"date":"2021-09-09T04:22:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T04:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/?p=5672"},"modified":"2023-05-25T01:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T01:36:42","slug":"event-a-preview-of-the-ldp-leadership-election-with-timothy-langley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/en\/event-a-preview-of-the-ldp-leadership-election-with-timothy-langley\/","title":{"rendered":"[Event] A Preview of the LDP Leadership Election with Timothy Langley"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5672\" class=\"elementor elementor-5672\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb689ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb689ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-656cca2\" data-id=\"656cca2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade3f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ade3f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b28b13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b28b13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Preview of the LDP Leadership Election with Timothy Langley<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea88bed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea88bed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/legroup.webex.com\/legroup\/onstage\/g.php?MTID=e48cdeffb9505e07a4bb04e8723e41808\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5675\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.png 1024w, https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-545c1c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"545c1c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tremendous change is in the air \u2014 the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will hold a leadership election for Sept. 29, just before the end of Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide\u2019s term as party president. Other LDP politicians have joined the race to take his place.<\/p><p>Kishida Fumio, Kono Taro, Noda Seiko, and Takaichi Sanae, all current or former ministers, will all contend for the party\u2019s top spot. Political observers are watching closely to see who the faction bosses back, but doubts linger that they can whip the votes of younger members. For the first time in many years, the LDP faces a genuinely contested leadership election.<\/p><p>All of this comes with a lower house election must take place this fall. The timing of these elections, and how it is decided, determines a lot. Change like this happens infrequently in Japanese politics, so all eyes on the events in Nagatacho.<\/p><p>Join Langley Esquire CEO Timothy Langley for a discussion of these developments; he will share his expectations for the LDP party election, the personalities involved, and the issues at stake. 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