“I will devote myself to supporting the new leader selected through the presidential election as a foot soldier,” Kishida said at a nationally broadcast news conference on Aug 14.
Yen strengthens after Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida announces decision to step down
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not run for a second term as leader of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in September, opening the way for a race to succeed him as premier.
