Aso sets up his LDP faction

Aso sets up his LDP faction

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Taro Aso speaks at the inaugural meeting of his newly launched political faction at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 19. The new faction, named ''Ikoukai,'' is made up of Aso and 14 other Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, including 11 from the faction ''Taiyukai,'' which was formerly led by House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono and Aso belonged to.

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