TOKYO -- Two days before Fumio Kishida was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the party's two biggest power brokers met for a discreet conversation.
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Fumio Kishida won the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election after lawmakers largely broke in his direction. (Photo by Koji Uema)
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