Japan's ruling LDP to hold leadership vote on September 14 to pick Abe successor: Jiji
Earlier, Japan's longest running PM Shinzo Abe resigned showing worsening health condition
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a protective face mask arrives at his official residence, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan August 28, 2020. Photo:Reuters
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will vote on Sept. 14 to select a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jiji news agency reported on Monday.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, said on Friday he was resigning due to a worsening of a chronic illness, paving the way for an LDP leadership election.
The LDP president is virtually guaranteed of being prime minister because of the party's majority in the lower house of parliament.
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