SORRY, BUT THIS IS CONFUSING.  I FORGOT TO CLICK THE BUTTON TO SEND MY POSTING OF YESTERDAY.  THIS IS IT BELOW.  THE POSTING OF TODAY CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING ON THAT TITLE BELOW: THE BLUE EVOLUTION Two countries could well have their first female national leader in office next year, the USA and Japan.  Of the G7 countries, only the U.S. and Japan have not had a female head of government.  In Japan: 67-year old Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down from a series of minor scandals, and his Liberal Democratic Party will today ( it is already September 27 in Japan ) select the country's next Prime Minister. Nine lawmakers are competing for the LDP nomination for the next general election, which will not occur until October of 2025. The nine candidates running in the LDP leadership election (left to right): Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, former Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjir