Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday he will declare his candidacy for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in what is expected to be a two-horse race with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe."Tomorrow I want to state my ideas about the race to pick the (LDP) president," Ishiba told a meeting of his own faction. The party election will be held in September.As the vote will effectively decide the next prime minister, the 61-year-old said he will seek support for his views on issues ranging from the revision of Japan's pacifist Constitution to security, diplomacy and p…READ FULL ARTICLE
