How will Japan's ruling party pick the next prime minister?

Janken?

Doesn't really matter.

whoever can play good golf can be the PM, else please reject him/her. POTUS Trump need a good golf partner when he visited Japan next time

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...

Great Japan’s oligarchy …. oops sorry democracy.

Eeny , meeny, miny, mil

whos the oldest fossil

It will be some combination of whoever has done the most schmoozing behind the scenes and whoever the allegedly dismantled factions have to squabble over least.

In the picture all the men look like heads stuck on other bodies somehow, like they often do for comic effect.

How will the decision be made?

In a smoky back room of a very expensive restaurant (for which we, the taxpayers, will foot the bill), and all policies will be agreed.

All policies will be “just keep doing what we have been failing at for thirty years “.

Election to be called in December, docile electorate complies.

Rinse and repeat.

Big LDP support turnout on a Friday night in their rooms.

Boring, boring, boring. Nobody cares. To be followed by a boring election. Spoiler alert: the LDP will win. If only they would say something controversial like immigrants are eating our pets!

The Japanese politicians were interested a power struggle inside the LDP instead of governing the nation. Actually nobody is interested with how to reform the nation, everyday is a rally of elections. Like a political Olympic games, the party comes first !