Japan's ruling LDP leadership race opens with four candidates

11th-hour bid by Noda upends vote-counting math, making runoff more likely

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LDP candidates in the leadership race, left to right: Taro Kono, Fumio Kishida, Sanae Takaichi and Seiko Noda.

Nikkei staff writers

September 17, 2021 10:43 JST

Updated on September 17, 2021 15:16 JST

TOKYO -- The campaign to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party officially began Friday with four candidates -- two men and two women.

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