Overview

• Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dined with former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and senior Liberal Democratic Party figures at a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo on October 7, according to press reports.
• At the dinner, Ishiba indicated he aims to announce a "postwar 80-year" view around October 10, drawing on Koizumi’s 2005 statement and citing Naoki Inose’s book as a reference, a participant said.
• Former LDP Vice President Taku Yamazaki, who attended, said Koizumi was quoted as being "very disappointed" by Ishiba’s resignation announcement.
• Discussion reportedly covered the LDP’s newly installed executive team and Shinjiro Koizumi’s failed leadership bid, with Koizumi saying he was not consulted and believed it was too early for his son to run.
• Attendees included Economic Revitalization Minister Ryomasa Akazawa and former LDP Secretary-General Tsutomu Takebe, and the group previously met with Ishiba on August 24; key quotes were attributed to Yamazaki in coverage by Chunichi Shimbun and Jiji Press.