2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election

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internal party election political party leadership election

The 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election was an internal party contest in which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe secured another term as LDP president, effectively extending his tenure as Japan’s leader.

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Label	Occurrences
2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election canonical	2
2018 LDP leadership election	1
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential elections	1

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Target entity: 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election
Context triple: [2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, precededBy, 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election]

A. 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
The 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election was the internal party contest in Japan that resulted in Fumio Kishida becoming leader of the LDP and subsequently prime minister.
B. Komeito
Komeito is a Japanese political party known for its centrist, pacifist, and Buddhist-influenced platform and its long-standing role as a junior partner in national coalition governments.
C. Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party who serves as the Prime Minister of Japan.
D. Yoshihide Suga
Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021, succeeding Shinzo Abe and leading the country through the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
E. Kochikai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party
The Kochikai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party is a traditionally moderate, policy-focused group within Japan’s ruling party, historically associated with dovish diplomacy and technocratic economic management.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election
Target entity description: The 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election was an internal party contest in which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe secured another term as LDP president, effectively extending his tenure as Japan’s leader.

A. 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
The 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election was the internal party contest in Japan that resulted in Fumio Kishida becoming leader of the LDP and subsequently prime minister.
B. Komeito
Komeito is a Japanese political party known for its centrist, pacifist, and Buddhist-influenced platform and its long-standing role as a junior partner in national coalition governments.
C. Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party who serves as the Prime Minister of Japan.
D. Yoshihide Suga
Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021, succeeding Shinzo Abe and leading the country through the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
E. Kochikai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party
The Kochikai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party is a traditionally moderate, policy-focused group within Japan’s ruling party, historically associated with dovish diplomacy and technocratic economic management.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internal party election ⓘ political party leadership election ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election ⓘ surface form: 2018 LDP leadership election
candidate	Shigeru Ishiba ⓘ Shinzo Abe ⓘ
context	Abe’s bid for a third consecutive term as LDP president ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
electedOffice	President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection	Shinzo Abe ⓘ
languageOfCampaignMaterials	Japanese ⓘ
mainIssue	constitutional revision debate ⓘ continuation of Abenomics economic policies ⓘ
mainOpponent	Shigeru Ishiba ⓘ
mainOpponentOf	Shinzo Abe ⓘ
nextElection	2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election ⓘ surface form: 2021 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election
officeContestedHeldBy	Prime Minister of Japan (through LDP majority in the Diet) ⓘ
officeholderAfterElection	Shinzo Abe ⓘ
organisedBy	Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
partOf	2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential elections
politicalPartyOfWinner	Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
previousElection	2015 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election ⓘ
resultedIn	Shinzo Abe re-elected as LDP president ⓘ extension of Shinzo Abe’s tenure as Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
significance	secured Abe’s position as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Tokyo ⓘ
tookPlaceOn	2018-09-20 ⓘ
typeOfVoters	LDP Diet members ⓘ rank-and-file LDP party members ⓘ
votingSystem	two-round vote of LDP Diet members and party members ⓘ
winner	Shinzo Abe ⓘ

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2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election → precededBy → 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election ⓘ

2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election → alsoKnownAs → 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2018 LDP leadership election

2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election → partOf → 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential elections

2015 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election → followedBy → 2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election ⓘ

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