TOKYO -- In December last year, Tatsuo Fukuda, 54, chairman of the General Council of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, had a dinner meeting in Tokyo that included former chair Seiko Noda -- who vied with Fumio Kishida in last autumn's LDP presidential election -- and Katsunobu Kato, former chief cabinet secretary of the ruling party.
Tatsuo Fukuda, center, comes from a family that has already produced two prime ministers: his late grandfather Takeo, left, and his father Yasuo. (Source photos by AP, Kyodo, Jiji and Keiichiro Sato)
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