Japan PM likely to be decided in runoff vote between Kono, Kishida

Japan's ruling party is likely to choose its new leader, and therefore prime minister, in a runoff vote between vaccination minister Taro Kono and former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, according to a Kyodo News survey conducted through Monday.Among the four candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Wednesday, Kono is expected to win the biggest share of the 764 votes up for grabs in the first round but fall short of securing an absolute majority. Kishida will likely come second.Kishida has secured around 135 of the 382 votes held by LDP parliamentarians, followe…READ FULL ARTICLE