THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 27, 2021 at 18:13 JST
The four candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, from left: Taro Kono, Fumio Kishida, Sanae Takaichi and Seiko Noda, at a joint news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17 (Nobuo Fujiwara)
Fumio Kishida and Taro Kono are running neck and neck in terms of lawmakers’ votes in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, which appears headed toward a runoff, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed. [Read More]
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