Japan Polls Split on Whether Koizumi or Takaichi Leads LDP Race

With less than a week until Japan’s ruling party is set to elect a new leader, opinion polls are split over whether political scion Shinjiro Koizumi or right-leaning Sanae Takaichi has the most backing among the party’s supporters.

The polls show that while Koizumi and Takaichi are still the two frontrunners, none of the five candidates taking part in the race is likely to win a majority in the first round of voting, an outcome that would trigger a runoff between the two leading candidates.