Motegi tapped as LDP secretary general

Motegi tapped as LDP secretary general

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (C) prepares to attend a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party executives at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2021. Motegi is to become the ruling party's secretary general, following Akira Amari's shock defeat in a single-seat district in the Oct. 31 general election.

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