Ruling LDP's Nikai breaks record for most days in No. 2 post

Toshihiro Nikai, 81, the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, on Tuesday became the longest-serving occupant of the ruling party's No. 2 post at 1,498 days, breaking the record held by Kakuei Tanaka who was the prime minister in the 1970s.A strong ally of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in August he broke the record for consecutive days in the No. 2 post. In August 2016, the lower house representative became the oldest person ever appointed to the position aged 77 years and 5 months.The LDP's top executive posts can be reshuffled when the party elects its new president to succeed A…READ FULL ARTICLE