Japan’s ruling LDP to pick new leader after PM Ishiba resigns | Elections News

The embattled party faces mounting pressure over soaring rice prices, declining birth rates and immigration.

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is poised to pick its next leader at the start of October, looking to replace departing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after his resignation on Sunday in the wake of major electoral setbacks.

The party will choose its next leader on October 4, committee leaders said Tuesday. The candidate could become the…