Japanese Koizumi Shinjiro has decided to participate in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

According to the report from Japan's public broadcaster NHK, Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has decided to participate in the next month's Liberal Democratic Party leadership election. Participants revealed that Koizumi stated that in the current urgent need for fundamental reconstruction within the party, he hopes to play his role, and he is expected to officially announce his candidacy next week.