Japan's ruling LDP to hold leadership vote on Sep 14 to choose Abe successor: Media
31 August, 2020
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will vote on Sep 14 to choose a new leader to achieve success Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jiji news agency reported on Monday (Aug 31).
Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, said on Friday he was resigning due to a worsening of a chronic illness, paving the way for an LDP leadership election.
The LDP president is nearly guaranteed of being prime minister due to the party's majority in the low house of parliament.
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