HOME > NATION > Article

Text Size

small

medium

large


Retiring Ex-PM Kan Calls for Another Change of Govt in Japan

Retiring Ex-PM Kan Calls for Another Change of Govt in Japan

   Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan held his retirement press conference on Tuesday, calling for another change of government in the country.
   Kan, 77, a member of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, will not run in the upcoming general election for the House of Representatives.
   "I hope a change of government will be realized again," he said. "It is desirable for a democracy to have a change of government at least once every few years."
   "I feel that I did everything I could do," Kan said of his 44-year political career since he was first elected to the Lower House in 1980.
   "I was able to do important work," he continued, noting that he dealt with an HIV-contaminated blood scandal as health minister in 1996 and led the response to the March 2011 massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster as prime minister.

To read a full story, please click here to find out how to subscribe.

NATION

HEADLINES

POLITICS
Japan, US, S. Korea Launch "Freedom Edge" Multi-Domain Exercise in E. China Sea
ECONOMY
Seven & i Founding Family Proposes Management Buyout to Counter Couche-Tard Bid
SPORTS
MLB: Shohei Ohtani's 50-50 Home Run Ball on Display in Taipei through March 2
OTHER
Japan OKs 2nd Alzheimer's Drug, Donanemab, Expected to Cost 3 M. Yen Annually

AFP-JIJI PRESS NEWS JOURNAL


Photos