TOKYO -- Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed reservations about running in this month's ruling party leadership election as party support grows for a rival, popular vaccination minister Taro Kono.
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Japan's Ishiba balks at running in party race, in boon for Kono
Ex-defense minister fails to gain traction as support grows for vaccine czar
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba has made four runs for the LDP's presidency.
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