Veteran Fukuda elected LDP chief to be Japan's new leader after Abe

Veteran Fukuda elected LDP chief to be Japan's new leader after Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso (L) offers former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda congratulations on his election as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a meeting of LDP lawmakers at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 23.

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