14 attend 1st Kato faction meeting after breakup

14 attend 1st Kato faction meeting after breakup

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato (standing), former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), addresses a meeting of his faction in Tokyo on Feb. 1. Fourteen LDP members attended the meeting, a day after 42 members defected and launched a new faction headed by former trade minister Mitsuo Horiuchi.

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