(COMBO) This combination of file photos shows (L to R) Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba, and former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi, three of the nine candidates running for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential election, during a debate at the Nixon Kisha Club in Tokyo on September 14, 2024. Japan could get its first woman or youngest-ever prime minister on September 27, 2024 when the ruling party holds a leadership vote described as the most "unpredictable" in many years. (Photo by Takashi AOYAMA / POOL / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-politics-LDP,ADVANCER by Natsuko FUKUE and Tomohiro OSAKI