LDP Presidential Race 2025: A Look at the Candidates

Hayashi speaks to the media as chief cabinet secretary in Tokyo on September 4, 2025. (© Jiji)

Kobayashi Takayuki addresses the press on September 11, 2025, at the National Diet. (© Jiji)

Agriculture Minister Koizumi Shinjirō speaks on September 12, 2025, in Tokyo. (© Jiji)

Motegi Toshimitsu announces he will run for the LDP presidency in Tokyo on September 10, 2025. (© Kazuki Oishi/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect)

Takaichi Sanae makes a speech before the final round of voting in the 2024 LDP presidential election. (© Reuters)