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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, a candidate to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, vowed Monday to counter China's growing influence by working closely with the United States and other "like-minded" democracies. Kishida, who has declared his candidacy in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership race on Sept. 29, also said he will create the post of special adviser to the prime minister on human rights issues if elected. The special adviser would deal with China's alleged human rights abuses against the Muslim Uyghur minority in the far-western Xinjiang autonomous region as well as its crackdown on Hong...
