TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is finalising its plans to hold the party's leadership election on Sept. 27, Fuji TV reported on Monday.

The party's leader will almost certainly become Japan's Prime Minister because of the LDP's majority in the lower house.

Incumbent Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to step down in September, ending a three-year term marred by public disaffection over political scandals.

(Reporting by Tokyo Newsroom; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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