"They're still in a learning phase, " said Yasuhiro Narita, a trading house analyst at Nomura Securities Co.

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Yasuhiro Sonoda appeared nervous and his hands shook as he downed a glass during a televised news conference.

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Yasuhiro Kajiwara, Secretario Parlamentario de Agricultura, Silvicultura y Pesca, el Sr.

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Others include former premiers Takeshita Noboru, Nakasone Yasuhiro and Miyazawa Kiichi.

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He places the long-serving post-war prime minister Yoshida Shigeru, who signed the U.S.-Japan peace treaty and the first post-occupation status of forces agreement, in the former camp, along with Nakasone Yasuhiro, Koizumi Junichiro, and Noda Yoshihiko.

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Under Mr Fukuda, power has flowed back to the factions and to the party gerontocrats notably two former prime ministers, Yasuhiro Nakasone (89) and Yoshiro Mori (70) as well as Tsuneo Watanabe (81), publisher of Japan's biggest-circulation newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun.

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