TOKYO -- Fumio Kishida, the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party, chose a leadership team for the LDP on Thursday that includes his popular former rivals Sanae Takaichi and Taro Kono as Japan's ruling party shifts gears to the upcoming lower house election.
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Fumio Kishida, the new president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is now turning his sights to the lower house election happening sometime this fall. © Reuters
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