More than three-quarters of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Diet members support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bid for a third consecutive term as president, the results of a poll show.
Of the 405 members in both chambers, 310, or 76.5 percent, said they plan to vote for Abe in the September election because of his economic and diplomatic achievements, the Kyodo News poll found.
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