LDP's Tanahashi, Ishiba and Yamamoto willing to run in election

LDP's Tanahashi, Ishiba and Yamamoto willing to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Three Liberal Democratic Party members in this file photos -- (from L to R) Yasufumi Tanahashi, a former state minister for science and technology, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ichita Yamamoto -- have expressed their willingness to run in the party's presidential election on Sept. 22 in a bid to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. But the prospects of meeting the requirement for candidacy have not yet emerged. (Kyodo)

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