Victory for either of the two frontrunners in the leadership election for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic party will make for a standout moment in the political life of the world’s fourth-largest economy. If 44-year-old agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi wins on October 4 and is appointed prime minister, he will be the country’s youngest head of government since the great reformer Hirobumi Ito took office back in 1885. If conservative veteran Sanae Takaichi prevails, she will be Japan’s first female premier.
在日本執(zhí)政的自民黨黨魁選舉中,兩位領跑者無論誰勝出,都將為全球第四大經(jīng)濟體的政治史留下亮點。如果現(xiàn)年44歲的農(nóng)業(yè)大臣小泉進次郎(Shinjiro Koizumi)在10月4日獲勝并出任首相,他將成為自1885年偉大的改革家伊藤博文(Hirobumi Ito)實行內(nèi)閣制以來日本最年輕的政府首腦。若保守派老將高市早苗(Sanae Takaichi)勝出,她將成為日本首位女首相。