JAPAN: Two frontrunners emerge for prime ministership

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Updated September 14, 2007 20:16:30

In Japan, the contest for the country's prime ministership is in full swing. One favourite to emerge is Yasuo Fukuda, a ruling party veteran seen as a moderate. Also throwing his hat in the ring is Taro Aso, the Liberal Democratic Party's hawkish former foreign minister.

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