Monday, September 27, 2021
The four candidates to become president of the Liberal Democratic Party are making a final push to increase votes from rank-and-file party members and members of affiliated groups. On Saturday, the members talked about various steps that would be utilized to promote tourism and other crucial matters in an online debate.
The candidates — Taro Kono, 58, minister in charge of administrative and regulatory reform; Fumio Kishida, 64, a former chairperson of the LDP’s Policy Research Council; Sanae Takaichi, 60, a former internal affairs and communications minister; and Seiko Noda, 61, the LDP’s executive acting secretary general — took part in successive policy debates arranged by the ruling party before the leadership election to take place on Wednesday.
In regard to restriction easing on various activities, on Saturday, Kono said, “I want to explain thoroughly how we can expand economic activities while minimizing the risk of infections, and then I want to open up the economy gradually.”
Kishida wished-for a tourism support measure dubbed “Go To 2.0” that has vaccine passports. “I intend to consider what kind of travel is safe through the government’s expert panel and other entities,” he said.
Takaichi expressed her wish to make financial aid bigger in terms of tourism sector, saying, “I want to expand subsidies to help renovate accommodation facilities to better cater to such needs as small family trips.”
Also, Noda mentioned about her readiness to start again the Go To Travel tourism promotion campaign. “I want to lift the travel restrictions as soon as possible,” she said.
Kono exchanged views online with rice farmers in Yamagata Prefecture earlier on the same day and told them, “I want to extend support to make agriculture more profitable.”
In Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, Kishida visited a learning support center for children in households on welfare. He then told reporters, “I will create places to stay for children across the nation.”
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