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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono (C), a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election, smiles after casting his ballot in the first round of voting at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2024, during the election to choose the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono, a candidate contesting the upcoming leadership race of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2024.

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Debate for LDP presidential race

Candidates contesting the leadership race of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L) economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi -- pose for a photo as they hold debate at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Debate for LDP presidential race

Candidates contesting the leadership race of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L) economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi -- pose for a photo as they hold debate at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a joint press conference at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2024, with the other eight candidates contesting the ruling party's Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan LDP leadership election

The nine candidates running in the upcoming leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L) economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and the party's secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi -- pose for a photo ahead of a joint press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 13.

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Japan LDP leadership election

The nine candidates running in the leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to be held on Sept. 27, 2024 -- (front row, from L) economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and the party's secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi -- attend an event to deliver their policy speeches at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12. Official campaigning for the election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began the same day.

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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.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, speaks during a seminar at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 12, 2024. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan's digital minister Kono in LDP leadership race

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2024, announcing his campaign pledges for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minister Kono in LDP leadership race

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2024, announcing his campaign pledges for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minister Kono in LDP leadership race

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2024, announcing his campaign pledges for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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