Fumio Kishida is a moderate who has served as the policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and as Japan's foreign minister.Kishida, 64, leads a liberal-leaning intraparty group and is taking his second shot at becoming LDP president. He is seeking to reach out to more people via social media amid a perceived lack of public appeal, despite his reputation as a calm and honest operator.A third-generation politician, Kishida was elected in 1993 to the lower house from a constituency in Hiroshima Prefecture and helped realize a historic 2016 visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the…READ FULL ARTICLE
