Nearly a third of respondents in a poll last week said Mr Taro Kono was the most suitable to succeed Mr Yoshihide Suga. - Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters): Japan's popular vaccination minister, Taro Kono, is set to announce his candidacy on Friday (Sept 10) for leader of the country's ruling political party and, by extension, its next prime minister.
Kono's decision to throw his hat in the ring for the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), left open by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's announcement last week he would step down, takes the number of candidates to three.
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