Hiroyuki Nishimura, 48, a businessman, updated his X (formerly Twitter) on the 29th. He wrote about the English-language responses of the five candidates running for the LDP presidential election. Shinjiro celebrates his father Junichiro’s 83rd birthday with a family shot of his best friend, actor Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of Agriculture; Takayuki Kobayashi, former Minister of Economic and Security Affairs; Toshimitsu Mogi, former Secretary General; Yoshimasa Hayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Sanae Takaichi, former Minister of Economic and Security Affairs, all of whom are running for president, participated in the “Presidential Candidates vs. Junior High and High School Students “Future of Japan” Debate” broadcast on “Nico Nico Live” and other media. As he exchanged opinions with about 30 junior high and high school students, when asked to respond in English by a student who was not fluent in Japanese because he had lived in New York, Koizumi responded in Japanese, “I want to tell you exactly what I think. Mr. Kobayashi, a graduate of Harvard University in the U.S., responded in Japanese after saying, “Let me speak in Japanese. In response, Hiroyuki quoted an X-user’s post that said, “Children are asking for answers in English for legitimate reasons, so you should answer in English,” and added, “The two of you, Mr. Koizumi and Mr. Kobayashi, who do not respond in English when asked in English, saying, ‘I’m not good at Japanese, so please answer in English,’ are considered unable to speak. It’s no wonder they can’t speak,” he posted. Mr. Mogi and Mr. Hayashi responded in English, and Mr. Takaichi replied, “When,I was 24-years-old.Why,I love Japan very much.” Mr. Takaichi responded in English properly this time, which is a good impression. Mr. Mogi and Ms. Hayashi responded in stable English.
