Ex-Verteidigungsminister Shigeru Ishiba steht für eine Abkehr vom bisherigen nationalen Konservatismus der regierenden Liberaldemokratischen Partei. Martin Fritz aus Tokio. Source
The former defense minister won the race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and is all but assured to become prime minister after incumbent Fumio Kishida said he would not stand for reelection.