TOKYO -- Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, has taken the lead from former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in the latest Nikkei opinion poll asking who the best choice is to lead the LDP.
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Ishiba leads Koizumi in Japan leadership race: Nikkei poll
Two men switch places since last survey in August
From left: former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba and Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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