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Koike eyes bid as Japan's first woman PM
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-04 14:15

In this combo file photo, potential successors to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda who abruptly resigned Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 are shown. Official campaigning doesn't begin for another week, but Fukuda's potential successors began rallying their forces Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, ahead of a vote to formally name his replacement. They are from left, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary-General and former Foreign Minister Taro Aso, former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike, and former LDP deputy chief Nobuteru Ishihara, the son of Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara. [Agencies]