Tokyo | Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is seeking to steal opposition thunder at this month’s general election by mimicking their criticism of predecessor Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics”, promising to shrink income gaps and bolster the middle class.
Mr Kishida, who served as foreign minister under Mr Abe, could help his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) limit losses in the October 31 poll by blurring differences to the opposition by calling for a “new capitalism” that would spread the benefits of growth.
