Offspring of ex-LDP heavyweights move into spotlight in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (bottom) is among lawmaker sons of former political heavyweights from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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