Tokyo | Fumio Kishida secured Japan’s premiership by showing his strength among ruling party insiders. Now, the ex-banker who concedes that some see him as boring will have to prove he can win over voters frustrated with the government’s coronavirus policies.
Mr Kishida, 64, is set to become Japan’s prime minister after defeating a more popular reformer, Taro Kono, in an election on Wednesday to lead the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party.
