Tokyo - Japan's future prime minister Taro Aso should call for an early general election and be judged by the public, Japanese media said Tuesday.
Aso was elected president of the nation's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Monday to succeed outgoing Yasuo Fukuda, who announced his resignation on September 1.
The 68-year-old veteran politician Aso awaits Wednesday's election to become prime minister.
Tokyo - Taro Aso had a long-awaited birthday gift Monday, when he finally nailed down the top post of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
Aso, a Roman Catholic who turned 68 Saturday, defined his new role as LDP leader and presumptive prime minister as his "calling" from up above.
His gusto to climb the political ladder may have been cultivated through sportsmanship and family roots.
Aso ran in the LDP presidential race four times since 2001, when he contended against Japan's charismatic premier Junichiro Koizumi, before he finally won the crown Monday.
Tokyo - Stocks opened higher Monday in Tokyo as the market sentiment was cheered by the US government's 700-billion-dollar bailout plan to clean up bad assets.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average advanced 236.04 points, or 1.98 per cent, to 12,156.9.
The broader Topix index of all first-section issues also rose 25.58 points, or 2.23 per cent, to 1,174.7.
The Bank of Japan pumped 1.5 trillion yen (13.97 billion dollars) into the Tokyo money market Monday.
tokyo - Former Foreign Minister Taro Aso was set to succeed outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Monday as he was expected to win Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election.
Aso, 68, was determined to prevail against four other candidates in his fourth bid in the LDP presidential election, while hoping to lead the ruling party to victory in the House of Representatives election soon to be held.
Tokyo - Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) selects a new leader on Monday as the world's second largest economy copes with the turmoil of the global financial crisis.
Taro Aso, the party's secretary general, is tipped to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in a contest with four other candidates, including the first woman to run for the post, former defence minister Yuriko Koike, 56.
The winner is assured of becoming prime minister because the LDP holds a comfortable majority in the lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives, which elects the head of government.
Japan's future prime minister Taro Aso should call for an early general election and be judged by the public, Japanese media said Tuesday.
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Tokyo - Stocks opened higher Monday in Tokyo as the market sentiment was cheered by the US government's 700-billion-dollar bailout plan to clean up bad assets.
Former Foreign Minister Taro Aso was set to succeed outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Monday as he was expected to win Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election.
