PROFILE: Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida regarded as moderate liberal

Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, who is making his second bid to win the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to succeed incumbent Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, is regarded as a moderate-liberal politician long seen within the party as its future leader.Kishida, 64, who once served as the LDP's policy chief, leads a liberal-leaning faction to which four former Japanese prime ministers belonged. He lost to Suga in the 2020 party leadership race but is now seen as one of the viable candidates for the job.Kishida is a third-generation parliamentarian who has a repu…READ FULL ARTICLE