(L R) Former Foreign Minister, Seiji Maehara, former land, infrastructure and Transport Minister Sumio Mabuchi, economy Minister Banri Kaieda, Minister of finance Yoshihiko Noda and Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano, candidate for the ruling Democratic parAgence France-Presse. Tokyo
New Prime Minister since 2006 legislators confronted the five men to the sixth Japan Sunday in a live TV debate the day before the ruling party to cast their ballots.
Two days after Naoto Kan resigned after only 15 months in the top job, his economy Minister Banri Kaieda emerged as favourite of Monday's winning party leadership vote, local media, said.
Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara - the public's favourite - and Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, they fight for second place.
However, is expected, that none of the candidates is a clear majority in the first round of the vote to win and a second round expected before the winner officially elected on Tuesday as Prime Minister by the Parliament.
"I would like to drastically, to revive the Japanese economy through the use of the reconstruction of the regions by the East Japan devastated great earthquake," said Kaieda a debate in Tokyo hotel later Sunday, referring to the triple disaster, to take Japan in March.
Kaieda, 62, jumped into the lead after winning the support controversial party controlled Kingmaker Ichiro Ozawa, the largest group among 398 DPJ lawmakers.
Ozawa, who has the "shadow Shogun' was and is criminal accusations about a donation scandal, commands the support of some 130 legislators, despite the fact that he lost his party membership after his charge."
Maehara, at the top on the list of the hopes in opinion polls, identified Japan's economic problems as one of its priorities.
"Japan not time to lose as it, massive debt, deflation and a strong yen is suffering,' Maehara said recent post-war period of the nation, Prime Minister would be elected."
The 49-year-old has a hard line China, last year annoyed Beijing by marking his attitude in an island dispute "hysterical" adopted.
Maehara appeared on expected to political donations from a friend of the family who is an ethnic Korean, in violation of the financing of laws months five ago, a fact which is opposition for it to take.
Noda tries, his reputation as a reliable few hands, use a safe haven the yen led Japan's joint efforts to reduce, currency, which rose to postwar highs amid global market turmoil, has hurt Japan's exporters.
The 54-year-old has managed Japan's neighbors, including South Korea, with comments that bother to defend Japanese war criminals.
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