(1)Hashimoto gives nod for Fujii to run against Koizumi

(1)Hashimoto gives nod for Fujii to run against Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, gives his assent for Takao Fujii, a member of his faction, to challenge Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for the party presidency at a general meeting of the faction at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 2. Kyodo)

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