TOKYO - The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election will effectively be a vote to decide Japan's next prime minister as the LDP-led coalition holds a majority in both chambers of parliament, meaning whoever the party picks is almost certain to be elected the country's leader by the Diet.
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