• If LDP party leaders were fully behind Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, they would not have limited his presidential term to one year instead of the standard three. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
    If LDP party leaders were fully behind Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, they would not have limited his presidential term to one year instead of the standard three. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
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Pyeongtaek, South Korea – Things are heating up within the Liberal Democratic Party.

This past week has seen a flurry of activity by party heavyweights jockeying for position ahead of the LDP presidential election — now officially slated for late next month. By design, the party is trying to keep things from spilling out into the media, but there are enough puzzle pieces available to formulate a picture of the back-room battles taking place.

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