PM Suga, Kishida to vie for LDP leadership in Sept. 29 election

Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday he will challenge Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in the leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party set for Sept. 29, as the public has grown frustrated about the government's coronavirus response.The poll, which is likely to precede a general election that must be held in the fall, will effectively be a vote to decide Japan's leader as the LDP controls the House of Representatives, the powerful lower chamber of parliament.With Kishida announcing his bid in the LDP presidential election, for which campaigning starts Sept.…READ FULL ARTICLE