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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi waves to supporters at a ceremony to kick off his campaign in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, after filing his candidacy in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Pool photo)

Japan LDP leadership election

Combined photo shows the nine candidates running in the leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, (from top L) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi and economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, (from middle L) former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, (from bottom L) the party's secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Digital Minister Taro Kono. Official campaigning for the Sept. 27, 2024, election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began on Sept. 12.

Japan PM Kishida returns after Seoul visit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida returns to Tokyo's Haneda airport alongside his wife Yuko on Sept. 7, 2024, following his trip to Seoul where he held talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Japan PM Kishida's trip to Seoul

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) waves at Seoul Air Base near Seoul alongside his wife Yuko on Sept. 7, 2024, following his trip to Seoul where he held talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Japan PM Kishida returns after Seoul visit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida returns to Tokyo's Haneda airport alongside his wife Yuko on Sept. 7, 2024, following his trip to Seoul where he held talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.