Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party has decided to revise party rules to extend the maximum tenure for party presidents. The move could possibly allow Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to run for a third term in 2018.

According to Japanese media reports, the discussions revolved around two proposals: one to allow party chiefs to run for up to three consecutive terms totalling nine years; and the other to eliminate the restrictions on the number of terms that its president can serve in a row.