The four candidates running to become the next Japanese prime minister made their last-minute appeals for support on Tuesday, a day before what looks set to be a tightly contested ruling party presidential election.The election of the Liberal Democratic Party leader will likely end up in a run-off between vaccination minister Taro Kono and former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida as the first round of voting is not expected to deliver a decisive winner with majority support, according to a Kyodo News survey.The next leader will replace Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who serves as president of …READ FULL ARTICLE
