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Noda tipped to win party leadership poll
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September 11, 2012, Tuesday
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PRIME Minister Yoshihiko Noda is expected to defeat the three contenders he's facing off against in his ruling party's leadership election later this month - even though he may not be Japan's leader for much longer.
Noda and three others from the Democratic Party of Japan - none of them high-profile politicians - announced yesterday that they will run in the September 21 poll. While Noda is expected to win that contest, his days as prime minister may be numbered due to widespread voter dismay over a perceived lack of leadership from his party.
Noda's approval rating has fallen below 30 percent after his government pushed through plans to double the sales tax to meet rising social security costs and restarted two nuclear reactors after all of them were shut down following last year's nuclear crisis in Fukushima. Surveys show the Japanese public overwhelmingly supports a complete phase-out of nuclear energy.
Despite those dim numbers, Noda, who has been in office a year, has suggested he will call general elections soon, to be held between November and January. Polls show that more voters prefer the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for most of the post-World War II era.
Vying against Noda for the DPJ leadership are two ex-farm ministers, Michihiko Kano and Hirotaka Akamatsu, and a former internal affairs minister, Kazuhiro Haraguchi.
Noda and three others from the Democratic Party of Japan - none of them high-profile politicians - announced yesterday that they will run in the September 21 poll. While Noda is expected to win that contest, his days as prime minister may be numbered due to widespread voter dismay over a perceived lack of leadership from his party.
Noda's approval rating has fallen below 30 percent after his government pushed through plans to double the sales tax to meet rising social security costs and restarted two nuclear reactors after all of them were shut down following last year's nuclear crisis in Fukushima. Surveys show the Japanese public overwhelmingly supports a complete phase-out of nuclear energy.
Despite those dim numbers, Noda, who has been in office a year, has suggested he will call general elections soon, to be held between November and January. Polls show that more voters prefer the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for most of the post-World War II era.
Vying against Noda for the DPJ leadership are two ex-farm ministers, Michihiko Kano and Hirotaka Akamatsu, and a former internal affairs minister, Kazuhiro Haraguchi.
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