The Ghost Of Shinzo Abe Looms Large Over Japan’s LDP Election – Analysis

By Ryosuke Hanada

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will elect its next president and Japan’s next prime minister on 27 September 2024. Nine candidates have presented their policy ideas throughout the leadership race, and the most recentpollingshows Shigeru Ishiba with a three-point lead over Sanae Takaichi and seventeen...