A crucial party election Friday will determine Japan's new prime minister
TOKYO -- 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, the winner will become prime minister when the current leadership resigns on Tuesday.
Japan’s next prime minister could be its first woman leader
Japan’s ruling party will elect its new leader Friday, and the winner will become the country’s next prime minister.
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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Backgrounder
Who is in the running to be Japan’s next prime minister?
Whoever the Liberal Democratic Party chooses, they will have to handle graft, the economy — and maybe Donald Trump. Here’s what to know about the contenders.
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.
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.
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