Japan's New Liberal Leader Holds Press Conference(Yuriko Koike)
Newly elected President of the ruling Liberal Democrat Party Taro Aso (from 3rd R) shakes hands with Former land, infrastructure and transportation Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (L), Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike (2nd L), Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd L), Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd R) and Former Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister kaoru Yosano (R) at the LDP parliamentarian meeting after he was elected as the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at LDP headquarters on September 22, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. Aso is expected to become Japan's new Prime Minister, succeeding Yasuo Fukuda.
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