Yasuo_Fukuda - YASUO FUKUDA ELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN

YASUO FUKUDA ELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN

Yasuo Fukuda (71) basks in the applause after being elected Japan's 91st Prime Minister at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 25, 2007. His late father, Takeo Fukuda, became the 67th Prime Minister at the same age of 71. This is the first father-son premiers in modern Japan's history. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori)


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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has formally resigned, making way for Taro Aso, the newly elected leader of the ruling party, to fill the post.
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