Fujinami quits ruling LDP but stays on as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takao Fujinami, his final appeal against a guilty verdict in the 1980s Recruit bribery scandal rejected, tells a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22 he has quit the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) but will remain a lawmaker for the time being.

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