Former Japanese Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular choice among the public to be the next prime minister, media opinion polls ...
FILE PHOTO: Japan's ex-defence minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech during a meeting on the party leader election of the Liberal Democratic Party at their headquarters in Tokyo, Japan Sep 10, 2018. TOKYO: Former Japanese Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular choice among the public to be the next prime minister, media opinion polls showed on Sunday , as the race kicks off to succeed Shinzo Abe after his abrupt resignation last week.
Ishiba has about 34 per cent of the public's support, more than double the 14 per cent for Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the second-most popular choice, a weekend Kyodo News survey showed.A Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll showed Ishiba with 28 per cent support, followed by current Defence Minister Taro Kono with 15 per cent. Suga came in fourth place with 11 per cent, the poll showed.Suga
- a longtime lieutenant of Abe's in a key supporting role - is expected to get the backing of the faction led by LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai and of other major factions, local media reported, putting him in a favourable position. That would make it an uphill battle for Ishiba, a vocal Abe critic who unsuccessfully challenged the out-going premier in the last LDP leadership race in 2018 and is considered less popular within the party.
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