Japan's ruling party votes to elect new leader and country's next prime minister
Japan's ruling party will elect the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday in a race likely to decide the next leader of the nation.
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.
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 be to choose a new party leader, but since the party has a decades-long stranglehold on power,
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.
What to Know About Japan’s LDP Election—and the Possibility of a First Female Prime Minister
Japan’s ruling party is electing its next leader and likely the country’s next Prime Minister, with two women in the running.
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.
Japan's splintered ruling party to elect new leader
A record nine candidates are fighting to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, amid public scandals and financial despair.
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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