The following are profiles of the three candidates running in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election.
Shinzo Abe, the hawkish chief Cabinet secretary and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s right-hand man, has long been a favorite in public opinion polls to become Japan’s next prime minister.
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