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Hiroyuki Hosoda To Be Picked As Lower House Speaker

JAPAN

Yomiuri reports that the LDP are set to nominate Hiroyuki Hosoda, the leader of the largest faction within the party, to replace Tadamori Oshima as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

  • Hosoda is a veteran lawmaker who previously served as LDP Secretary General, LDP General Affairs Chief and Chief Cabinet Secretary in the second Koizumi Cabinet. He has been at the helm of a 96-member group which includes influential former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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