Former defense minister Tomomi Inada says she will be running for the top post of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2021.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> The former defense minister told CNBC she intends to run for the top post of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2021 in a bid to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who currently holds that position. If successful, she could become Japan's first female leader.
Abe, who has been in power for more than six years, is set to become Japan's longest serving prime minister this year. His term as party leader runs until September 2021. "The crucial stage for reform to firmly strengthen the economy's foundation and growth will, in fact, be from now on," she said. Japan ranked 165 out of 191 countries in percentage of women in parliament as of Jan. 1 this year, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, a global organization of national parliaments, and UN Women, which promotes gender equality. Women accounted for 10.2 percent of Japan's lower house of parliament and 20.7 percent of the upper house, the data show.
"We should think to become a strong country, so to speak," she said,"one in which we protect ourselves."
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