TOKYO - 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.
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