Kato to declare candidacy for LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Koichi Kato is expected to announce his decision to run for the ruling party's presidential race around Aug. 13, when the current Diet session adjourns. Kato, 60, who leads the LDP's No. 2 faction, made his remarks on the issue on a TV Asahi program aired in the morning of July 18 in Tokyo. The LDP presidential election is scheduled to take place in September, when the two-year term of the incumbent chief, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, 62, expires.

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