Factbox-Who's vying to be Japan's next prime minister?
TOKYO - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday unveiled the nine candidates who will run in a Sept. 27 leadership election to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.The former defence minister is making his fifth and, he says, final bid to lead a party that has governed Japan for most of the past seven decades.
He backs the Bank of Japan's policy to gradually raise interest rates but has said it is unclear whether the timing is right for any new hikes now. Favoured in media polls by younger voters and women, he has promised to call a general election that could see Japanese voters go to the polls before the U.S. presidential vote in November.
A keen surfer, Koizumi is married to French-Japanese TV personality and one of his brothers, Kotaro Koizumi, is a well known actor in Japan.Representing the LDP's right wing, Takaichi serves as Japan's economic security minister. She is the leading female candidate in the race and ran against Kishida in 2021.
This time, Kono, who as digital minister is trying to phase out fax machines, has lagged in opinion polls.
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