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LDP to recommend former finance minister as Lower House speaker

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is in the final stage of talks to recommend former Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga, 79, to replace Hiroyuki Hosoda as speaker of the House of …

DPP leadership race officially begins ahead of Sept. 2 vote

by Merchant Moller

The opposition Democratic Party for the People’s leadership race officially began on Monday, with the two candidates holding a joint news conference. The main issues in the leadership election include …