TOKYO: Two leading candidates to become Japan’s next prime minister denied that they had toned down their stances on nuclear energy and gender issues to attract conservative backing in a tight ruling party leadership election this month.
The election for leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) pits vaccine minister Taro Kono, 58, against former foreign minister Fumio Kishida, 64, Sanae Takaichi, 60, a former internal affairs minister from the party’s most conservative wing, and Seiko Noda, 61, a former minister for gender equality.
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