TOKYO - Japan's ruling party formally decided Tuesday to hold its presidential election on Sept. 27 to pick a successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, setting the stage for a race likely featuring a plethora of current and former ministers seeking to revamp the scandal-hit Liberal Democratic Party.
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