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Def Min. Kono Will Not Run To Be PM: Jiji

JAPAN PRESS

Jiji Press reporting that Defence Minister Taro Kono has stated that he will not seek the Liberal Democratic Party leadership, taking him out of the running to be Japan's next prime minister.

  • Frontrunners for the position remain Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba, and former foreign minister Fumio Kishida.

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