Ex-state minister Watanabe expresses readiness to leave LDP

OTAWARA, Japan - Former administrative reform minister Yoshimi Watanabe replies to questions by reporters in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on Jan. 12 after expressing his intention to submit a letter to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Jan. 13 at a meeting of his supporters.

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