Niwa opts out of LDP presidential election

Niwa opts out of LDP presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Former health minister Yuya Niwa fields questions from reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 5 after the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction to which he belongs decided not to field him as its candidate in the party's Sept. 20 presidential election.

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