PROFILE: Moderate faction chief Kishida long seen as potential Japan leader

Having long been seen as a potential successor to Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in his second bid for the party leadership and as such becomes the new prime minister.Since losing to outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in last year's LDP presidential race, Kishida, known as a moderate with a steady hand who heads a major party faction, has reached out to more people on the ground and via social media to reverse his reputation of being an unpopular choice for prime minister …READ FULL ARTICLE