Race to become Japan's next PM too close to call a week before vote

Contest to lead ruling party and the country is two-horse race between Taro Kono and Fumio Kishida The race to become leader of Japan's ruling party and the next prime minister is too close to call ahead of next week's party election. It is a rare moment of uncertainty after almost a decade during which Shinzo Abe became the country's longest-serving prime minister until he was replaced last year by his close ally Yoshihide Suga. When Abe abruptly announced his resignation last August, citing th...