Abe thanks Aoki for backing Koizumi in LDP election

Abe thanks Aoki for backing Koizumi in LDP election

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe gives a speech at the new Tokyo headquarters of Kyodo News on Sept. 5. He thanked influential lawmaker Mikio Aoki for throwing his weight behind Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's bid to be reelected head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the party's Sept. 20 presidential election.

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