Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba topped the list as the candidate people considered the most suitable to succeed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, a Kyodo News poll released Monday showed, ahead of the ruling party's presidential election next month.According to the nationwide telephone survey, conducted over three days from Saturday, Ishiba stood at 25.3 percent, followed by former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at 19.6 percent and Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi at 10.1 percent.Among Liberal Democratic Party supporters, however, Koizumi came in first with 24.2 …READ FULL ARTICLE