Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba is corporate Japan's top choice to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday.
Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba is corporate Japan 's top choice to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida , edging out Sanae Takaichi, who strives to become the nation's first female premier, a Reuters survey showed.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to hold an election on Sept. 27 to pick its next leader who will become the prime minister given the party's control of parliament. Kishida will The 67-year-old former banker has said his top priority would be to achieve a clear exit from deflation and encourage investments in growth areas by both the public and private sectors.
Kishida focused on boosting household income by prodding businesses to hike wages and laid the groundwork for the Bank of Japan to phase out its radical monetary stimulus by appointing academic Kazuo Ueda as the bank's governor. Nikkei Research reached out to 506 companies from Aug. 28 to Sept. 6 on behalf of Reuters for the survey, with 245 firms responding.
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