Japan's Ishiba likely to name ex-rival Koizumi as LDP campaign chief, NHK says


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  • Saturday, 28 Sep 2024

FILE PHOTO: Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election, speaks during a joint press conference at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, September 13, 2024. FRANCK ROBICHON/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is likely to name Shinjiro Koizumi, a rival in Friday's leadership race, to head the ruling party's election committee, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday.

Speculation is swirling about whom Ishiba will appoint to his cabinet when he forms a government on Tuesday, after winning the race for president of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Koizumi, a former environment ministers and the son of a former prime minister, finished third among the nine candidates in the LDP election.

Ishiba, a former defence minister, said on Friday he planned to call a general election, which must be held in the next 13 months, at an early date.

(Reporting by Brigid Riley; Editing by William Mallard)

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