Ex-Defense Minister Ishiba mulls running in LDP leadership race

Ex-Defense Minister Ishiba mulls running in LDP leadership race

Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba gives a lecture at a hotel in Sapporo on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on June 28, 2024. The former defense minister is preparing to run in the presidential election of the ruling LDP in September, according to sources close to him.

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