(1)Nakasone rejects plea to retire, Miyazawa accepts

(1)Nakasone rejects plea to retire, Miyazawa accepts

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 23 after talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Nakasone rejected a request by Koizumi to retire from politics in accordance with an age rule of the Liberal Democratic Party banning candidates over 73 from running in the proportional representation bloc in the House of Representatives election on Nov. 9.

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