The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election has five candidates vying for the position, with both the party’s lawmakers and members set to cast their votes on Oct. 4.
Whoever wins faces the triple challenge of uniting members split along ideological lines, working smoothly with minority government coalition partner Komeito — which has stated it won’t tie up with an LDP leader with ideals that differ to its own — and forging some sort of agreement with a major opposition party in order to be elected prime minister in the autumn session of parliament.
Here are the candidates and a brief outline of their backgrounds and policies.
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