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Cambodia's ex-PM Hun Sen elected as senate president in 5th mandate

STORY: Cambodia's ex-PM Hun Sen elected as senate president in 5th mandate SHOOTING TIME: April 3, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni presiding over the inaugural session of the Senate 2. various of voting for ex-PM Hun Sen as president of the Senate 3. various of Hun Sen delivering a speech STORYLINE: Cambodia's former Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen was elected as the president of the Senate in the fifth mandate on Wednesday, the state-run National Television of Cambodia reported. All 62 senators present at the first session of the upper house of the parliament unanimously elected Hun Sen as the president, according to the report. Also, they voted for ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) senators Prak Sokhonn, ex-deputy prime minister and ex-foreign minister, and Ouch Borith, ex-senior minister, to be the first president and the second president, respectively. Speaking after the vo

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Japan's ex-Foreign Minister Maehara to form new party

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara said Thursday that he has decided to leave the opposition Democratic Party for the People, which has recently moved closer to the ruling bloc, to form a new force in parliament.(Kyodo)

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Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2012. She said she will not run in the leadership election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2012, after some of her colleague lawmakers in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan requested she run in a party leadership election.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Maehara said taxes must not be raised until Japan moves out of deflation, and he would like to serve as prime minister for at least four years.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R center), seen as a leading contender in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, after seeing Shizuka Kamei, chief of the People's New Party. Before seeing Kamei, Maehara met with Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling DPJ, and asked for his support in the upcoming DPJ presidential election which will choose the successor to Naoto Kan, the current DPJ leader and prime minister.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Muto dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in May 2001 shows former Foreign Minister Kabun Muto. He died of pancreatic cancer Nov. 4 at a Tokyo hospital at age 82, sources close to him said.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Machimura narrowly wins reelection

SAPPORO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks to supporters in Sapporo on Aug. 30 after losing in Hokkaido's No. 5 single-seat constituency in the House of Representatives election. But Machimura, also a past chief Cabinet secretary, regained a seat in the proportional representation block.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Machimura narrowly wins reelection

SAPPORO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura of the Liberal Democratic Party bows to supporters in Sapporo on Aug. 30 after losing in Hokkaido's No. 5 single-seat constituency in the House of Representatives election. But Machimura, also a past chief Cabinet secretary, regained a seat in the proportional representation block.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka to join DPJ

NAGAOKA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) speaks at a press conference, together with her husband and House of Councillors lawmaker Naoki Tanaka (R) and Yukio Hatoyama (C), president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at a hotel in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 15. Makiko Tanaka, who is an independent in the House of Representatives after being ousted from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2002, will seek reelection in the Aug. 30 general election as a DPJ candidate.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka to join DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L in this undated file photo) announces on Aug. 15 that she will seek reelection in the Aug. 30 general election as a candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Tanaka is an independent in the lower house after being ousted from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2002. Her husband Naoki Tanaka (R), an independent in the House of Councillors, will also join the DPJ.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi relected to upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, thanks her supporters in Yokohama after she was reelected the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket. She was first elected to the upper house in 2005 in a by-election in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi relected to upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, is congratulated by her supporters in Yokohama after she was reelected the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket. She was first elected to the upper house in 2005 in a by-election in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Komura meets Chinese Pres. Hu

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 8. Komura later quoted Hu as saying he has the impression that the issue of Japanese abducted by North Korea is nearing a solution. Komura is president of the parliamentarians' association for Japan-China friendship.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Mitsuzuka dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, a former foreign minister from the Liberal Democratic Party, died April 25 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 76. Photo shows Mitsuzuka (L), then chairman of the Japan-Russia parliamentarians group, shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the state guesthouse in Tokyo in September 2000.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Ikeda dies at 66

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda has died, sources close to him said Jan. 28. He was 66. Ikeda, a House of Representatives member from the Liberal Democratic Party, served as foreign minister from January 1996 to September 1997 after serving in such cabinet posts as director general of the Defense Agency.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka visits father's grave

NAGAOKA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka visits the grave of her father, the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, in the town of Nishiyama, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 10, one day after she made a political comeback in the general election for the House of Representatives. Tanaka resigned her lower house seat in August last year and won the election as an independent.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka to leave LDP

NIIGATA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (file photo) submitted a letter of resignation from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to the party's Niigata prefectural branch on Oct. 22. But the branch refused to accept the letter.

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Prosecutors drop case against ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office dropped a case on Sept. 30 against former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (file photo) that accused her of misusing the government salary of her secretary.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Kono meets S. Korean President Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) shakes hands with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Feb. 6 prior to their talks.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Kishida elected Japan ruling party leader

Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election Wednesday in a runoff against vaccination minister Taro Kono, putting him in position to become Japan's next prime minister. Kishida won 257 runoff votes, while Kono got 170. Since the LDP-led coalition holds a majority in both chambers of parliament, Kishida is set to be elected prime minister when an extraordinary Diet session starts Monday. Liberal Democratic Party President-elect Fumio Kishida (R) hands a bouquet to his predecessor and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at a Tokyo hotel after winning the Japanese ruling party's presidential election on Sept. 29, 2021.

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, Jacques Martial, Audrey Pulvar during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, Jacques Martial during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, Jacques Martial during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, Jacques Martial and Greg Germain during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez and actor Jacques Martial during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, Jacques Martial, Audrey Pulvar during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, Jacques Martial during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture - Paris

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, former Prime minister and ex foreign minster Jean-Marc Ayraut, Mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Eric Pliez, actor Jacques Martial and Audrey Pulvar during the inauguration of the Jardin Toussaint Louverture, in homage to the General and Franco-Haitian politician, in the 20th arrondissement, Paris, FRance, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Foreign Minister Kishida announces bid for LDP leadership

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida announces his candidacy for the Sept. 29 leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2021.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Kishida announces bid for LDP leadership

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida announces his candidacy for the Sept. 29 leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2021.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Kono meets S. Korean President Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) shakes hands with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Feb. 6 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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Japan's ex-finance chief greeted by China's ex-foreign minister in Beijing

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (L) shakes hands with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association and former foreign minister, before their talks in Beijing on May 6, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ex-finance chief meets China's ex-foreign minister in Beijing

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (L) and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association and former foreign minister, head for a meeting room for talks in Beijing on May 6, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ex-foreign minister Machimura dead at 70

File photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) accompanying Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the U.N. World Summit in New York in September 2005. Machimura died of a cerebral stroke in Tokyo on June 1, 2015, at age 70. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ex-foreign minister Machimura dies at 70

File photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) shaking hands with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice ahead of their talks in New York in September 2007. Machimura died of a cerebral stroke in Tokyo on June 1, 2015, at age 70. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Foreign Minister Machimura narrowly wins reelection

SAPPORO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks to supporters in Sapporo on Aug. 30 after losing in Hokkaido's No. 5 single-seat constituency in the House of Representatives election. But Machimura, also a past chief Cabinet secretary, regained a seat in the proportional representation block. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Foreign Minister Machimura narrowly wins reelection

SAPPORO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura of the Liberal Democratic Party bows to supporters in Sapporo on Aug. 30 after losing in Hokkaido's No. 5 single-seat constituency in the House of Representatives election. But Machimura, also a past chief Cabinet secretary, regained a seat in the proportional representation block. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi relected to upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, thanks her supporters in Yokohama after she was reelected the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket. She was first elected to the upper house in 2005 in a by-election in Kanagawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi relected to upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, is congratulated by her supporters in Yokohama after she was reelected the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket. She was first elected to the upper house in 2005 in a by-election in Kanagawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Foreign Minister Muto dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in May 2001 shows former Foreign Minister Kabun Muto. He died of pancreatic cancer Nov. 4 at a Tokyo hospital at age 82, sources close to him said. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka to leave LDP

NIIGATA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (file photo) submitted a letter of resignation from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to the party's Niigata prefectural branch on Oct. 22. But the branch refused to accept the letter. (Kyodo)