Former Prime Minister Takeshita to retire

Former Prime Minister Takeshita to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita will retire from politics at the end of his current term in the House of Representatives, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki (2nd from R) announces at Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters in Tokyo on May 1. Since April, leaders of the LDP's Obuchi faction and Takeshita have discussed whether Takeshita, one of Japan's most influential politicians, should run in the upcoming general election. Takeshita has been hospitalized for more than a year.

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