LDP chief vows to fight Hatoyama, DPJ over money scandals

LDP chief vows to fight Hatoyama, DPJ over money scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki addresses the LDP's first party convention since its fall from power last year at a Tokyo hotel, on Jan. 24, 2010. Tanigaki pledged to take on Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's government and his Democratic Party of Japan over money scandals, saying the LDP will fight against DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's ''dictatorship.''

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