LDP heavyweights Nonaka, Koga abstain from vote on Iraq bill

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (2nd from L) and Makoto Koga (R), heavyweights in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), abstain from voting on a contentious bill to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to help rebuild Iraq during a House of Representatives plenary session on July 4. The lower house approved the bill by a majority vote.

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