Who will be Japan’s next PM? Ruling LDP set to begin ‘especially chaotic’ party election

Two women and two MPs under the age of 50 are on potential list of candidates after current PM Fumio Kishida decided to step down

After a week in which Japan's citizens braced themselves for a possible megaquake, the biggest seismic shift came from its political epicentre, as the prime minister, Fumio Kishida, announced his decision to step down next month.

His three years in office will end in late September when his ruling Liberal Democratic party [LDP] selects a new president, who is assured of being approved as Japan's next prime minister in the LDP-controlled parliament.