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Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Taro Aso speaks during a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.
Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2008

Open quoteIt's going to be hard to be the action figure he wants to be.Close quote

  • T.J. PEMPEL,
  • former director of the Institute of East Asian Studies, on Taro Aso, elected on Sept. 22 to become Japan's third prime minister in less than two years, and his fascination with Japanese comic books
Photo: Shizuo Kambayashi / AP | Source: Los Angeles Times