Abe floats list of potential Japan PM candidates, seeing 'plenty of talent'

Former leader takes himself out of running and reiterates support for Suga

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Shinzo Abe, pictured here in a Nikkei interview as prime minister in 2020, has weighed on possible contenders to lead Japan. (Photo by Karina Noka)

RYO NEMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has weighed in on who should lead the country and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that he controlled for more than eight years, but polling suggests his views are out of step with the public's preferences.

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