Japan's LDP to pick new leader to replace outgoing PM Kishida
Japan's ruling party holds one of the most unpredictable leadership contests in decades on Friday, a race that could result in Japan's youngest or first female premier, or see a popular veteran succeed in his fifth and final leadership bid.
Nine ruling party candidates in Japan vie to replace outgoing prime minister
Japan finds out its next leader on Friday when the ruling party of outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida picks his replacement in a key vote that could affect the country's political stability in coming months.
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Who will replace Kishida to become Japan’s new prime minister?
TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a key vote Friday that will establish a new national leader.
A crucial party election Friday will determine Japan's new prime minister
A crucial party election in Japan on Friday will determine the nation’s new prime minister. The vote by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will technically choose a new party leader, but since the party has a decades-long stranglehold on power,
Japan’s prime minister race goes down to wire
The latest polling pointed to a wide-open contest between Sanae Takaichi, who could become Japan’s first female prime minister, Shinjirō Koizumi, who would be its youngest, and Shigeru Ishiba, a divisive LDP stalwart making his fifth bid to lead the party.
Who Will Become Japan's New Prime Minister?
Japan could witness its first female prime minister as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party prepares for a crucial leadership vote.
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