LDP rejects dissidents' demand to hold plenary party meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Hidenao Nakagawa, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and one of the key dissenting lawmakers in the LDP, is surrounded by reporters at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 17 after talks with Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda.

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