TOKYO -- Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has emerged as the most popular choice to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, according to a Nikkei opinion poll conducted this week.
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Shinjiro Koizumi top pick to replace Kishida as Japan's next leader: poll
Nearly one-third of ruling LDP supporters back son of former prime minister
Shinjiro Koizumi, Shigeru Ishiba and Sanae Takaichi, left to right, are leading candidates to become Japan's next prime minister. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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