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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