The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will likely put some sort of limit on so-called hereditary candidates in the next general election, members said Thursday.
But it is still lagging the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition party, which decided last month not to endorse children or relatives of Diet members if they inherit those seats and run from the same electoral districts.
Such a limit would prevent Shinjiro Koizumi, the second son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, from inheriting his father's constituency in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, and running as an LDP candidate. The ex-prime minister plans to retire from frontline politics and will not run in the next election, which must be held by fall.