Tanigaki taps Oshima as LDP secretary general

Tanigaki taps Oshima as LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - New Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) joins hands with new party executives he tapped on Sept. 29, 2009. (From L to R) Policy Research Council Chairman Shigeru Ishiba, Secretary General Tadamori Oshima, Tanigaki, General Council Chairman Ryotaro Tanose and Hidehisa Otsuji, chairman of the LDP caucus in the House of Councillors.

Yamasaki says denuclearization taken up in talks in N. Korea

Yamasaki says denuclearization taken up in talks in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Taku Yamasaki, a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his lodging in the suburbs of Pyongyang on Jan. 12. He said that the importance of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula has been a topic of his discussions with North Korean officials in Pyongyang. At left is LDP lawmaker Ryotaro Tanose.

Yamasaki says denuclearization taken up in talks in N. Korea

Yamasaki says denuclearization taken up in talks in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Taku Yamasaki, a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his lodging in the suburbs of Pyongyang on Jan. 12. He said that the importance of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula has been a topic of his discussions with North Korean officials in Pyongyang. At left is LDP lawmaker Ryotaro Tanose. (Kyodo)

Tanigaki taps Oshima as LDP secretary general

Tanigaki taps Oshima as LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - New Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) joins hands with new party executives he tapped on Sept. 29, 2009. (From L to R) Policy Research Council Chairman Shigeru Ishiba, Secretary General Tadamori Oshima, Tanigaki, General Council Chairman Ryotaro Tanose and Hidehisa Otsuji, chairman of the LDP caucus in the House of Councillors. (Kyodo)