<p style="text-align:start;" size="1" _root="[object Object]" __ownerid="undefined" __hash="undefined" __altered="false"><span style="color:#000000">The race for the ruling party’s leadership came down to a runoff between former foreign minister Fumio Kishida and Vaccination Minister Taro Kono after the first round of voting did not produce a decisive winner.</span></p>
