Livedoor's Horie to run as independent

Livedoor's Horie to run as independent

TOKYO, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie speaks at a press conference after his talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 19. The 32-year-old Internet entrepreneur said he will run in the Sept. 11 general election as an independent in the Hiroshima No. 6 constituency to challenge Shizuka Kamei, one of the leading LDP rebels against Koizumi's postal privatization bills.

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