Japan's Foreign Minister Kamikawa to run in LDP leadership race

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Sunday that she has received support from over 20 lawmakers to run in the Sept. 27 presidential election of the ruling party to choose a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.Kamikawa, 71, has been regarded as one of the frontrunners to become Japan's first female prime minister since her appointment as the nation's top diplomat in September 2023. She was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party's faction formerly led by Kishida.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, who was also a member of the Kishida faction, is also eager to …READ FULL ARTICLE