LDP Vice President Aso

LDP Vice President Aso

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

LDP Vice President Aso

LDP Vice President Aso

Taro Aso (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

LDP Vice President Aso

LDP Vice President Aso

Taro Aso (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025.

Parliamentary election to choose Japan's next PM

Parliamentary election to choose Japan's next PM

Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taro Aso (C) casts a vote in an election to choose Japan's next prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned en masse earlier in the day.

Executives of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 7 Kyodo - New executives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party --election strategy chief Keiji Furuya, General Council chair Haruko Arimura, Vice President Taro Aso, President Sanae Takaichi, Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki and policy council chief Takayuki Kobayashi -- pose for a photo at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.(Kyodo)

Executives of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

Executives of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

New executives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L) election strategy chief Keiji Furuya, General Council chair Haruko Arimura, Vice President Taro Aso, President Sanae Takaichi, Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki and policy council chief Takayuki Kobayashi -- pose for a photo at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.

New LDP President Takaichi

New LDP President Takaichi

New Japanese Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2025, after holding talks with former Prime Minister Taro Aso.

New LDP President Takaichi

New LDP President Takaichi

New Japanese Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2025, after holding talks with former Prime Minister Taro Aso.

New LDP President Takaichi

New LDP President Takaichi

New Japanese Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (C) meets the press at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2025, after holding talks with former Prime Minister Taro Aso.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Japan PM Ishiba

Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters after a meeting with former prime ministers Taro Aso, Yoshihide Suga and Fumio Kishida at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 23, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba

Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters after a meeting with former prime ministers Taro Aso, Yoshihide Suga and Fumio Kishida at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 23, 2025.

CORRECTED: Japan ex-PM Aso

CORRECTED: Japan ex-PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso heads for a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and other party executives at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 23, 2025.

Japan PM Ishiba and ex-PM Aso

Japan PM Ishiba and ex-PM Aso

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and former prime minister Taro Aso, who is the party's supreme adviser, shake hands at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024. Ishiba dissolved the lower house earlier in the day for a general election.

Ex-PM Aso calls Taiwan important "country" for Japan in ceremony

Ex-PM Aso calls Taiwan important "country" for Japan in ceremony

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso addresses a ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024, at which he described Taiwan as an important "country" for Japan.

Parliamentary election to choose Japan's next PM

Parliamentary election to choose Japan's next PM

Former Prime Minister Taro Aso casts a vote in an election to choose Japan's next prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned en masse earlier in the day.

Japan ruling party vice president Aso

Japan ruling party vice president Aso

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2024.

Japan ruling party vice president Aso

Japan ruling party vice president Aso

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2024.

Meeting of LDP executives

Meeting of LDP executives

Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida (C), LDP Vice President Taro Aso (R) and LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi attend a meeting of the ruling party's executives at its headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2024, ahead of the LDP's leadership election in September.

Japan ruling party vice president Aso

Japan ruling party vice president Aso

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, heads for a meeting with Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an at the party's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2024.

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an in Tokyo

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an in Tokyo

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an is pictured at Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2024, prior to his meeting with the party's vice president Taro Aso.

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an in Tokyo

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an in Tokyo

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an meets the media at Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2024, following his meeting with the party's vice president Taro Aso.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in New York

Ex-Japan PM Aso in New York

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, returns to his hotel in New York on April 23, 2024, after meeting with Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in New York

Ex-Japan PM Aso in New York

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd from L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, comes out of Trump Tower in New York on April 23, 2024, after meeting with Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump.

Vice LDP President Aso

Vice LDP President Aso

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech in Ashiya in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2024.

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling party

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling party

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a speech at an event in Washington on Jan. 10, 2024, organized by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, a U.S. think tank.

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling party

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling party

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a speech at an event in Washington on Jan. 10, 2024, organized by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, a U.S. think tank.

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling party

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling party

Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a speech at an event in Washington on Jan. 10, 2024, organized by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, a U.S. think tank.

LDP executive meeting

LDP executive meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) attends a ruling Liberal Democratic Party executive meeting at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2023, with LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and former Prime Minister Taro Aso, amid a political funds scandal plaguing his party.

Japan's ruling LDP Vice President Aso in Canberra

Japan's ruling LDP Vice President Aso in Canberra

Taro Aso (R), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong shake hands in the Australian capital Canberra on Nov. 13, 2023.

Japan's ruling LDP Vice President Aso in Canberra

Japan's ruling LDP Vice President Aso in Canberra

Taro Aso (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles shake hands in the Australian capital Canberra on Nov. 13, 2023.

Japan, S. Korea hold cooperation panel meeting in Tokyo

Japan, S. Korea hold cooperation panel meeting in Tokyo

Japan's former Prime Minister Taro Aso, chairman of Japan's committee for cooperation with South Korea, addresses a joint meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2023. The committees consist of political and business figures in the respective countries.

Japan, S. Korea hold cooperation panel meeting in Tokyo

Japan, S. Korea hold cooperation panel meeting in Tokyo

Japan's former Prime Minister Taro Aso, chairman of Japan's committee for cooperation with South Korea, addresses a joint meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2023. The committees consist of political and business figures in the respective countries.

Japan, S. Korea hold cooperation panel meeting in Tokyo

Japan, S. Korea hold cooperation panel meeting in Tokyo

Japan's former Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), chairman of Japan's committee for cooperation with South Korea, addresses his South Korean counterpart Lee Daesun at a joint meeting of the bilateral cooperation committees in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2023. The committees consist of political and business figures in the respective countries.

New Japan LDP leadership

New Japan LDP leadership

Prime minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida (4th from L) poses for a photo with other LDP executives -- (from L) Election Strategy Committee Chairman Yuko Obuchi, General Council Chairman Hiroshi Moriyama, Vice President Taro Aso, Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi and Policy Research Council Chairman Koichi Hagiuda -- at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023, after the ruling party's leadership reshuffle.

Japan PM Kishida at LDP meeting

Japan PM Kishida at LDP meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) attends an executive meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party with its Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and Vice President Taro Aso at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2023.

Vice LDP President Aso

Vice LDP President Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (C), currently vice president of the country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, enters the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2023, for talks with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the nation's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a regional security conference in Taipei on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), currently vice president of the nation's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen smile during their meeting in Taipei on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R), currently vice president of the nation's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses for photos with Taiwanese Vice President William Lai in Taipei on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (R) speaks during a meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the nation's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Taipei on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech at an international forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 8, 2023.

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Ex-Japan PM Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech at an international forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 8, 2023.

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visits former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's grave at a military cemetery in New Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 7, 2023.

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 7, 2023.

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visits former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's grave at a military cemetery in New Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 7, 2023.