(11 Sep 2024)
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Tokyo, Japan – 11 September 2024
1. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa walking into news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yoko Kamikawa, Japanese Foreign Minister:
"Since I was appointed as the foreign minister a year ago, many people encouraged me to be the first female prime minister. I also was honored to see my name, Yoko Kamikawa, making the way in the opinion polls as a candidate for the next prime minister."
3. Cutaway of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yoko Kamikawa, Japanese Foreign Minister:
"On the other hand, I have been engaged in my role as the foreign minister wholeheartedly in order to accomplish my mission. However, following Mr. Fumio Kishida’s announcement not to run, I made a decision after some serious thoughts. I will stand for the leadership election, and as the prime minister of Japan, I will not turn my back to difficulties, and with the people of Japan I want to build a new country. Let’s make it together – a new landscape of Japan."
5. Wide of news conference and Kamikawa bowing; UPSOUND (Japanese): "Thank you very much"
STORYLINE:
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa announced Wednesday her bid to run in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race.
As the second female candidate, she will run for party leader in the election on 27 September to succeed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
"Following Mr. Fumio Kishida’s announcement not to run, I made a decision after some serious thoughts. I will stand for the leadership election," Kamikawa announced at a news conference.
"As the prime minister of Japan, I will not turn my back to difficulties, and with the people of Japan I want to build a new country," she added.
The internal election will only include the party’s parliamentarians and its 1.1 million members and must be held by the end of September, which marks the end of Kishida’s three-year term.
AP Video by Mayuko Ono
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