Aso to resign as LDP chief before Diet opens Sept. 16

Aso to resign as LDP chief before Diet opens Sept. 16

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso arrives at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2009. LDP officials quoted Aso as saying the same day that he will step down as president of the Liberal Democratic Party on the morning of Sept. 16, prior to the opening of a special Diet session at which Democratic Party of Japan chief Yukio Hatoyama will be elected as his successor.

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