The head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Taro Aso, has been confirmed as Japan's prime minister after Yasuo Fukuda and his cabinet resigned en masse earlier in the day.
The 68-year-old Aso, received 337 votes from the 478 members in the LDP-controlled House of Representatives, which has Composer Mauricio Kagel Dies at 76 in Germany ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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