Japan's Political Landscape Shifts with New Leadership Race and Youthful Candidates
TL;DR
Japan's ruling party, the LDP, is holding a leadership election that could make Sanae Takaichi the country's first female prime minister or Shinjiro Koizumi its youngest leader in the modern era, amid a party in crisis and a sluggish economy.
- Japan’s next leader may be its first woman or youngest in modern era Reuters
- Japan’s ruling party is in crisis as voters swing to right-wing rivals. Can a new leader save it? CNN
- Japan heads into LDP leadership race with youth candidate edging ahead Financial Times
- Japanese politics heats up The Economist
- Rice is on the political menu as Japan replaces its leader — again The Washington Post
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