![Japan's vaccine minister Taro Kono emerges as front-runner to become PM, newspaper polls suggest | South China Morning Post Japan's vaccine minister Taro Kono emerges as front-runner to become PM, newspaper polls suggest | South China Morning Post](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/methode/2021/09/06/facf6f18-0ee8-11ec-aa5f-4ba6b5f6c41c_image_hires_173202.jpg)
Japan's vaccine minister Taro Kono emerges as front-runner to become PM, newspaper polls suggest | South China Morning Post
![Ishiba's support a double-edged sword for Kono in LDP election | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis Ishiba's support a double-edged sword for Kono in LDP election | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis](https://p.potaufeu.asahi.com/1ddf-p/picture/26369883/bab8e18a7a4494f45fe33573a05a1818.jpg)
Ishiba's support a double-edged sword for Kono in LDP election | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
![Self-belief and strategy: Japan's Taro Kono upends race for next premier | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis Self-belief and strategy: Japan's Taro Kono upends race for next premier | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis](https://p.potaufeu.asahi.com/143e-p/picture/26362338/4bc136f39d76ee346a4cc71b6717da34.jpg)
Self-belief and strategy: Japan's Taro Kono upends race for next premier | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
![In Japan politics, social media savvy Taro Kono is a rarity. His party isn't fully on board. | The Japan Times In Japan politics, social media savvy Taro Kono is a rarity. His party isn't fully on board. | The Japan Times](https://cdn-japantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/np_file_111776.jpeg)
In Japan politics, social media savvy Taro Kono is a rarity. His party isn't fully on board. | The Japan Times
![KONO Taro on Twitter: "From 1985. Then Democratic Congressman Richard Shelby (now Republican Senator), Mom, and me, senior at Georgetown, interning with him. https://t.co/HSIufjCt8J" / Twitter KONO Taro on Twitter: "From 1985. Then Democratic Congressman Richard Shelby (now Republican Senator), Mom, and me, senior at Georgetown, interning with him. https://t.co/HSIufjCt8J" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlxoFSOU0AAMg7u.jpg:large)