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Japan election

Fumio Kishida elected as new leader of Japan's ruling LDP

Former foreign minister set to become new prime minister ahead of autumn election

Fumio Kishida poses for a picture at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters after he was elected as the party president in Tokyo on Sept. 29. (Photo by Kai Fujii)
MITSURU OBE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent | Japan

TOKYO -- Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, won a four-way race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday, setting him up to succeed Yoshihide Suga as prime minister and take the party into a general election this autumn.

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