LDP begins to purge lawmakers who voted against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Ppostal privatization minister Heizo Takenaka speaks with reporters at the prime minister's office on Aug. 10. Takenaka dismissed a newspaper report that he would pit himself in the Sept. 11 general election against Shizuka Kamei, a former chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council who is staunchly opposed to Koizumi's postal privatization bills.

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