5 LDP presidential candidates give public campaign speeches

Friday 12th September, 07:28 AM JST

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DeepAir65 at 08:34 AM JST - 12th September

If no public can vote please lock yourselves in whatever cupboard necessary and then let us know who is the new patsy in charge - pointless noise pollution
tkoind2 at 09:01 AM JST - 12th September

What is the point? The party will decide anyway. LDP is LDP so there isn't any real light at the end of this process anyway.

The only hope is that Koike is pulled by Koizumi's fans in the LDP and we can see moderate progress on some minor issues.

If Aso wins, we will be wishing we had even the likes of Abe back soon.
burikko at 10:08 AM JST - 12th September

The general public cannot vote in the LDP leadership election

Soka Gakkai is the hidden voter that is most powerful, I guess.
timorborder at 10:09 AM JST - 12th September

How can Aso, the person who received no votes the last time he ran for PM, now be the favorite? This defies belief.
beavis at 11:53 AM JST - 12th September

Is Japan really considered a democracy or is the government just somewhat modeled after one. Anyway, Taro Aso's name avails the most fun.
gonemad at 09:04 PM JST - 12th September

so the 5 gave public speeches, but JT doesn't know what they were talking about. Then why do you report this at all?