LDP's five candidates speak out in Japan

(L-R) Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy and for Regulatory Reform Kaoru Yosano, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, former Foreign Minister Taro Aso, former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike, and former Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Nobuteru Ishihara attend a press conference for foreign correspondents in Tokyo, Japan, on September 19, 2008. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori)