Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi are set to face off in a runoff in Saturday’s leadership election of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. In the first round of voting, Takaichi won 183 votes, while Koizumi received 164 votes. Both fell short of a majority. The other three candidates–Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi and former LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi–gained 134, 59 and 49 votes, respectively. In the runoff, the party’s 295 lawmakers and its 47 prefectural chapters will each cast a ballot. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
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