Candidates for the LDP election (from L-R): Sanae Takaichi, Takayuki Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Shinjiro Koizumi, Yoko Kamikawa, Katsunobu Kato, Taro Kono, Shigeru Ishiba and Toshimitsu Motegi Japan’s ruling party will vote for its new leader on Friday, following Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s announcement last month that he would not stand for re-election. Whoever is named the new chief of the