LDP heavyweight backs Abe's 3rd term as ruling party leader

LDP heavyweight backs Abe's 3rd term as ruling party leader

Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2017. Nikai expressed support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe serving a third term as party president, while ruling out a general election in the near future. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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