How did Shinjiro Koizumi respond to the bombshell question， “What’s your intellectual level．．．？” He has announced his candidacy for the LDP presidential election．
How did Shinjiro Koizumi respond to the bombshell question, “Aren’t you intellectually low?”? Announces candidacy for LDP presidential election: Tokyo Shimbun September 6, 2024 17:27 Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announces his candidacy for the LDP presidential election = September 6th morning, in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo (Photo by Chiharu Nakamura) Former LDP Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (43) announced his candidacy for the party presidential election (nominations announced on September 12th, voting on the 27th) at a press conference on the 6th. Although Koizumi is seen as one of the “leading candidates” due to his high name recognition and initiative, he has a history of making unique statements at international conferences, such as “tackling climate change in a sexy way,” and there are strong concerns about his ability to respond as prime minister. At the press conference that day, a tricky question was asked: “Isn’t Mr. Koizumi’s intellectual level low?” How did Koizumi handle the situation? (Mitsunari Miyao) “Everyone is worried that if Koizumi becomes prime minister and attends the G7, he will be embarrassed by his low intellectual level. Wouldn’t that result in a decline in Japan’s national power? “Even so, does he still dare to aim to become prime minister?” A freelance journalist questioned Koizumi’s “qualifications” in a way that could be criticized as rude. ◆ “I would be happy if we could become friends and receive bouquets of flowers.” In response, Koizumi said, “It is true that I am lacking in many areas. The fact remains that it’s not perfect. However, I will create the best team that can make up for those shortcomings,” he explained, adding, “In the 15 years since I was first elected, I have accumulated experience as both an opposition party and a ruling party. “I would like to make every effort to demonstrate this on the international stage so that the people of Japan can feel reassured that everything is okay,” he said. Koizumi said he “received a similar criticism” at his first press conference after taking office as Environment Minister in September 2019, but that the reporter who asked the question had “developed a relationship where we exchanged bouquets” by the time he stepped down as Environment Minister two years later, and said he would be “happy if that happened” with the freelance journalist. The freelance journalist urged people to “study the matter.” Immediately after assuming his new position as Minister of the Environment, Koizumi made the following remarks at a press conference after attending the Climate Action Summit held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York: “Big issues like climate change should be tackled in a sexy way.” (Omitted) *See source for full text.
>>1 It seems like you’ve been throwing around lately “everyone is worried” and trying to be cowardly You should be more confident and say “I’m worried.”
I’m sorry, but Koizumi responded well, and I couldn’t help but think that he has more qualities to be a prime minister than Kobahawk, who went to Kaisei and then Tokyo University.
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