{
  "id": 8909210,
  "title": "Hayashi Seen Gearing Up for LDP Leadership Race after Cabinet Exit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/hayashi-seen-gearing-up-for-ldp-leadership-race-after-cabinet-exit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T11:10:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026091801010/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is drawing attention within the country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party over his next move after leaving the cabinet in a reshuffle on Thursday. Of the four candidates who ran against Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the LDP leadership election last autumn, Hayashi was the only one not to remain in e...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}