On September 27th, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will cast votes to determine its next party president. The leadership election comes not only at a crucial time for the LDP itself, which has been hit by corruption scandals and is facing a general election that must be held within a year, but also amidst an increasingly difficult geopolitical and security situation in the Indo-Pacific.
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