:Premier-to-be Fukuda names senior LDP executives

:Premier-to-be Fukuda names senior LDP executives

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader Yasuo Fukuda poses with the new lineup of top LDP executives he appointed on Sept. 24. From L to R: Masaaki Yamazaki, secretary general of the LDP House of Councillors caucus; Makoto Koga, chairman of the LDP election strategy committee; Bummei Ibuki, LDP secretary general; Fukuda; Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the LDP General Council; Sadakazu Tanigaki, chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council; and Hidehisa Otsuji, head of the LDP House of Councillors caucus. Fukuda is expected to be elected prime minister by parliament on Sept. 25 as the LDP controls the House of Representatives. (Kyodo)

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