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That poll, which will decide which party controls parliament's powerful lower house, will come on Oct 27, Kyodo reported.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida aims to win a clear voter mandate to press ahead with his coronavirus response.

The new cabinet members under Kishida, who succeeds Yoshihide Suga, are due to be announced later in the day.

There are three women in the line-up, one more than Suga had, but none holds a heavyweight portfolio.

Japan's incoming prime minister Fumio Kishida will formally take office on Monday.

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Running for the top post are popular vaccine minister Taro Kono, 58, a U.S.-educated former defence and foreign minister seen as a maverick.

The winner of the LDP leadership election set for Sept. 29 is all but assured to be prime minister.

Kishida repeated a call for an economic stimulus package worth "tens of trillions of yen" to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are the key economic policy views of candidates to become Japan's next prime minister.

Suga's announcement on not continuing a second term as leader of LDP, sets the stage for a new PM following a party leadership vote.

23 pct of respondents said Kono, the minister in charge of vaccines, was the most suitable person to take over.

Takaichi received a boost by winning the support of Suga's long-serving predecessor Shinzo Abe.

Suga will back the popular minister in charge of the nation's vaccination rollout, Taro Kono, to succeed him.

A wealthy ex-general with ties to Indonesia's popular outgoing president and its dictatorial past, looks set to be its next leader.

The "Axis of Resistance", built up with years of Iranian support, includes Hamas, the Lebanese Hezbollah group, the Houthi movement in Yemen, and various Shi'ite groups in Iraq and Syria.

Russia is ready to help seek compromises between arch-foes Israel and Iran, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, saying these would be difficult but possible.

The proposal is also to establish a BRICS reinsurance company to allow uninterrupted shipment of goods and key commodities between members.

Prabowo calls the programme one of the main drivers of economic growth, eventually set to add an estimated 2.5 million jobs.

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Residents of Jabalia said Israeli tanks had reached the heart of the camp after pushing through suburbs and residential districts.

Cheryl Tweedy used her statement to urge the media to remember they had a seven-year-old son, Bear, who could read the reports.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati as head of Indonesia's Ministry of Finance is expected to instil confidence among investors.

Israel has frequently resisted US advice and has caused political difficulties for the Biden administration.