In Japan, a Liberal Maverick Is Seeking to Lead a Conservative Party
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In Japan, a Liberal Maverick Is Seeking to Lead a Conservative Party
As soon as he was appointed to the cabinet, Mr. Kono distanced himself from his father (to whom he famously donated a piece of his liver 16 years ago), reminding Foreign Ministry staff
that "Yohei Kono and Taro Kono are completely different." Kunihiko Miyake, a former senior Japanese diplomat, said, "Taro Kono version 1.0 is now becoming version 2.0." In the interview last month, Mr. Kono declined to comment on his previous proposals to rid Japan of nuclear power.
"Who predicted President Trump two years ago?" Until being appointed to the cabinet last August, Mr. Kono, who speaks English fluently
and left Tokyo’s prestigious Keio University to study at Georgetown University in Washington, was not usually on the list of potential heirs to Mr. Abe, given his sometimes more liberal views.
Mr. Abe is 63 years old and has indicated he has no imminent plans to retire: He wants to stay in office at least through the Tokyo Olympics in 2020,
and the governing Liberal Democratic Party changed its rules last year to allow Mr. Abe to do so.
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In an interview at the Foreign Ministry last month, Mr. Kono smiled impishly when
asked how soon he might make a bid to lead the Liberal Democratic Party.
" Mr. Kono said in the interview last month. that Japan was way ahead in solar heat and photovoltaic before,
to reduce dependency on nuclear as much as possible," he said. that The official Abe government nuclear policy is
In the interview last month, he suggested that immigrants could be admitted if they demonstrate proficiency in Japanese,
but in the past, Japan has used language requirements to bar immigrants.
As soon as he was appointed to the cabinet, Mr. Kono distanced himself from his father (to whom he famously donated a piece of his liver 16 years ago), reminding Foreign Ministry staff
that "Yohei Kono and Taro Kono are completely different." Kunihiko Miyake, a former senior Japanese diplomat, said, "Taro Kono version 1.0 is now becoming version 2.0." In the interview last month, Mr. Kono declined to comment on his previous proposals to rid Japan of nuclear power.
"Who predicted President Trump two years ago?" Until being appointed to the cabinet last August, Mr. Kono, who speaks English fluently
and left Tokyo’s prestigious Keio University to study at Georgetown University in Washington, was not usually on the list of potential heirs to Mr. Abe, given his sometimes more liberal views.
Mr. Abe is 63 years old and has indicated he has no imminent plans to retire: He wants to stay in office at least through the Tokyo Olympics in 2020,
and the governing Liberal Democratic Party changed its rules last year to allow Mr. Abe to do so.
that pr
In an interview at the Foreign Ministry last month, Mr. Kono smiled impishly when
asked how soon he might make a bid to lead the Liberal Democratic Party.
" Mr. Kono said in the interview last month. that Japan was way ahead in solar heat and photovoltaic before,
to reduce dependency on nuclear as much as possible," he said. that The official Abe government nuclear policy is
In the interview last month, he suggested that immigrants could be admitted if they demonstrate proficiency in Japanese,
but in the past, Japan has used language requirements to bar immigrants.