Japan’s Ruling Party Embraces an Eternal Outsider
An election billboard at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12.
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With its approval ratings sagging, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has picked a perennial outsider as its new leader — and by extension the next prime minister.