Mr. Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of Environment, who was the third youngest to enter the cabinet after the war, is the topic. On 22nd, I attended the United Nations environment-related meeting in New York, USA, and the remarks were transmitted to the world through foreign media. If you look around the world, the number of young politicians taking on major positions is increasing, and there are countries with prime ministers in their 30s. What is the reason behind the increasing number of young people leading the country?
On the 21st in Roppongi, Tokyo, there was an event tailored to the Rugby World Cup held in Japan. New Zealand's (NZ) Prime Minister Ardan (39) appeared as the main guest. Visitors were asked to say that they were “very friendly” in the form of apron wearing NZ specialty lamb chops and responding to commemorative photos on smartphones many times at the request of visitors. .
Mr. Ardan won the general election in 2017 as the head of the Labor Party and assumed the office of Prime Minister at the age of 37. Apparently, he was very interested in politics since he was a child. It was also noted that last year, the first prime minister in the world took maternity leave and gave birth to the eldest daughter.
Before the event, I asked Mr. Adern what he thought about becoming a prime minister.
“In fact, I ’m not the youngest leader in NZ. I ’m not the first female prime minister. So I ’m very lucky. In Japan, there ’s already a foundation where I can become a prime minister (young and female). It was there. "
When I asked about the merits of being a prime minister when I was in my 30s, I got this answer.
“The age of the prime minister ’s work is ...