From yesterday to today, many Japanese people must have learned about Taro Kono for the first time or reaffirmed that they knew what he was.
The Japanese people should also be reminded that when Mr. Kishida said in his press conference yesterday that "yelling all the time...", he was referring to the reality of Taro Kono.
The following is from today's Sankei Shou.
The gaffe-prone and poor talker who had not been considered a problem before cannot be overlooked when it comes to the leader who controls the country.
Watching the announcement of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's resignation and the LDP presidential election to be held on September 17, I really feel that words are the lifeblood of politicians.
It will question not only their current words and actions but also their past behavior.
The September 2012 presidential election, in which former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to the presidency, was a crowded race between five candidates.
Initially, former LDP Secretary-General Nobuteru Ishihara, who was very popular and favored by the elder members of the Diet, was thought to be the favorite. Still, he faltered due to a series of flippant remarks.
He said, "China will not attack the Senkaku Islands because no one lives there. Because no one lives there."
Vaccine Minister Taro Kono, a leading candidate in this year's presidential election, has also been pointed out for his inconsistent language.
Although the controversial acceptance of the female emperor and the theory of abandoning nuclear power generation tried to withdraw, for the time being, an arrow flew from an unexpected place.
Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, a member of the bipartisan "Zero Nuclear Power Plant Association," wrote on Twitter.
"This has caused politician Taro Kono to lose the credibility of all the people."
Postscript.
The last part was new to me, but I thought it was just as well.
We had forgotten for more than a decade that there was one person who looked exactly like Taro Kono.
He is just like Naoto Kan.
The way he yells at everyone around him makes you wonder if they are twins.
His brain is made up of editorials from the Asahi Shimbun also makes me think that they are twins.
That is why these two were friends of the non-partisan "Nuclear Zero Association."
If the LDP appoints Taro Kono as prime minister, we will have the nightmare of the Kan Naoto administration, which was the worst in history.
Now that China has become much more arrogant and violent than it was then, the choice to make him prime minister could be irreversible.
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