A power struggle is brewing among former members of a now-defunct faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that was once led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Those who were considered to be the five leading figures of the faction, which was at the center of the party¡¯s slush fund?scandal, have regained power under the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, inaugurated last October.
Among them are Koichi Hagiuda, the LDP¡¯s senior executive, Yasutoshi Nishimura, head of the party¡¯s Election Strategy Committee, and Hirokazu Matsuno, chief of the Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters.
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