Takaichi tops Kyodo poll of LDP supporters as most fit to be Japan PM

Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi is viewed by 27.7 percent of Liberal Democratic Party supporters as most suitable to be Japan's next prime minister, a Kyodo News poll showed Monday, two weeks ahead of the party's presidential election.Takaichi is running in the Sept. 27 LDP race to choose the successor of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who announced in August that he will not seek reelection as leader of the ruling party in the wake of a slush funds scandal that has shaken support for the party since late last year.Among the other eight candidates, former Defense Minister Sh…READ FULL ARTICLE