In electing a new prime minister, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic party could have opted for generational change in the form of 43-year-old Shinjiro Koizumi. It could have chosen a return to the nationalistic conservatism of former leader Shinzo Abe — and with it a first female prime minister — in the shape of Sanae Takaichi. Instead it went through door number three, an unexpected one, and selected 67-year-old Shigeru Ishiba, something of an outsider within his own party, who triumphed and won the top job at the fifth time of asking.
在选举新首相时，日本执政党自民党(LDP)本可以选择43岁的小泉进次郎(Shinjiro Koizumi)，从而完成世代更替；或者选出首位女首相——高市早苗(Sanae Takaichi)，从而回归前任领导人安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)的民族保守主义。然而，自民党出人意料地做出第三个选择，选出67岁的党内圈外人、第五次角逐领袖职位的石破茂(Shigeru Ishiba)领导该党。
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