Vote to choose Japan's ruling party leader goes to runoff between Takaichi and Ishiba
· Japan TodayTOKYO — Japan's ruling party presidential race will go to a runoff between economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba after none of the record nine candidates secured a majority in the first round of voting on Friday.
The winner of the Liberal Democratic Party election will replace incumbent Fumio Kishida as party chief and therefore prime minister.
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