File Photo: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe (Agence France-Presse)
TOKYO:
Japan's ruling party heavyweight said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was poised to win a party leadership election in September.
"The Liberal Democratic Party is quietly moving towards the re-election of Abe (as party leader). Judging from my experience, there will be no doubt over Prime Minister Abe's victory," Toshihiro Nikai, head of the LDP's decision-making General Council, told a news conference.
"The Liberal Democratic Party is quietly moving towards the re-election of Abe (as party leader). Judging from my experience, there will be no doubt over Prime Minister Abe's victory," Toshihiro Nikai, head of the LDP's decision-making General Council, told a news conference.
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