Three candidates entered the race for the leadership of Nippon Ishin no Kai on Sunday as the conservative opposition party moves to replace leader Ichiro Matsui.
The party’s co-leader Nobuyuki Baba is seen as the most likely winner of the Aug. 27 election, ahead of the fellow contenders Yasushi Adachi and Mizuho Umemura.
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