TOKYO -- Taro Kono, Japan's regulatory reform minister and also minister in charge of vaccinations, ranked first in a Nikkei poll as "a person suited to be the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party." The answer was chosen by about 16% of respondents in an opinion poll conducted from Aug. 27 to 29 by Nikkei.
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Taro Kono, left, Japan's regulatory reform minister and minister in charge of vaccinations, and Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary-general of the LDP, ranked a close first and second as favorable candidates for the LDP president in the Nikkei poll. Neither has made clear whether he will run. (Photos by Yumi Kotani and Kosuke Imamura)
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