5 lawmakers file candidacies for LDP leadership

TOKYO, Japan - (L to R) Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso, former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike and Former LDP policy chief Nobuteru Ishihara shake hands at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10 after they filed their candidacies for the Sept. 22 LDP presidential election. The winner will succeed Yasuo Fukuda as prime minister as the LDP commands a majority in the House of Representatives, which has exclusive power to appoint the prime minister.

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