Who's vying to be Japan's next prime minister? | The World

Japan will soon have a new prime minister as nine candidates from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party vie to replace the country's embattled leader. LDP members will elect their new president tomorrow who will automatically become Japan's prime minister after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida elected not to contest the race. Dr Jeffrey Hall is a Special Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. He tells The World’s Yvonne Yong there will likely be two rounds of voting.

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