Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and LDP General Council

LDP president: The last LDP president to be re-elected uncontested was Abe mentor, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in 2001, according to Asahi Shimbun. The LDP presidential election officially began on Sept. 8, and it gave the only candidate a second term that will last until the end of September 2018. Seiko Noda, a former chairwoman of the LDP General Council, wanted to run against Abe, but she failed to come up with the recommendations of 20 Diet members required to run for the ruling party top post. We are in the midst of implementing the campaign platform that we presented for the Lower House election nine months ago, Abe told reporters on Sept. 8. Before the official acceptance of candidacy papers, the Abe camp held a ceremony at a Tokyo hotel, where the prime minister said: We are still part of the way to our goal. I believe the result reflects the feeling of many lawmakers who want to move forward with solidarity. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.