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The Liberal Democratic Party will be holding a leadership election on September 20. People will be watching to see whether Prime Minister Abe will win for the third time in a row, after defeating former LDP Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba in the final vote in 2012 and winning uncontested in 2015.

The FPCJ invited modern Japanese politics expert Dr. Yu Uchiyama, a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, to discuss the LDP leadership election and the political situation within Japan.

The briefing had a total of 38 participants, including journalists from France, Germany, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, UK, and US.

- Date: September 14 (Fri), 2018, 10:30-12:00

- Briefer: Dr. Yu UCHIYAMA, Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

- Language: Japanese (with consecutive English interpretation)

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