Fumio Kishida to be the new head of Liberal Democratic Party

Highlights

• LDP elects former foreign minister Fumio Kishida as its new leader
• Kishida will be forming a new cabinet

Liberal Democratic Party of Japan elected former foreign minister Fumio Kishida its new leader. He will become the next prime minister of Japan, who is the world's third-largest economy.

Taro Kono, who was in close race to succeed Prime Minister Yo....