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Sadakazu Tanigaki, former finance minister in the cabinet of then Prime Minister of Junichiro Koizumi between 2003 and 2006, was elected president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party on Monday.

On Sept. 28, almost one month after the crushing defeat of the Liberal Democratic Party that swept the party from power for only the second time in more than five decades, Taro Kono, Sadakazu Tanigaki and Yasutoshi Nishimura will compete to take leadership of Japan's opposition.

Japan Airline President Haruka Nishimatsu, center, answers reporter's question after a meeting with Japan's Land and Transport Minister Seiji Maehara in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept.

The Japanese public cooed over photos of their likely future emperor on Sunday as Prince Hisahito, the first male heir born in four decades, turned three years old.

BANK of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Monday that the Japanese economy was showing some signs of a recovery, a brighter view than the bank's official assessment out earlier this month.