Fukuda wins Japan's ruling party presidential election
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-09-23 15:36
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| Former chief cabinet secretary Yasuo Fukuda (C) bows to parliamentarians of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) after he was chosen as the party president at the LDP parliamentarian meeting, at the party headquarters in Tokyo September 23, 2007. The LDP picked Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Tokyo's Asian neighbours, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and end a political vacuum. [Reuters] |
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