TOKYO -- With only about two weeks until the vote, the economy has become a top issue in Japan's ruling party leadership race.
Japan leadership race
Japan's fiscal health in the spotlight as LDP leadership race heats up
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Top contenders in the LDP leadership race are, from left, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Tomoki Mera, Uichiro Kasai, Satoko Kawasaki, Akira Kodaka and Akitoshi Sugiura)
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