Japan LDP Motegi Announces Bid for Leadership

Japan LDP Motegi Announces Bid for Leadership
Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Toshimitsu Motegi, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced his candidacy Wednesday for the leadership of the Japanese ruling party. "I will seek a new coalition framework with political parties that share our basic policies," Motegi, 69, told a press conference at the Diet, the country's parliament, showing his readiness to expand th...