Prime Minister Mori makes plan to resign official

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) talks with Makoto Koga, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in the assembly hall of the House of Representatives on April 5. Earlier in the day, Mori moved a step closer to resignation by making his plan to quit official and telling the LDP to prepare for a party presidential election to determine his successor.

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