Candidates for the president of the Liberal Democratic Party

JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 10: Candidates for the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) shake hands during their joint news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. From left to right are Kaoru Yosano, Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister, Shigeru Ishiba, former defense minister, Taro Aso, secretary general of the LDP, Yuriko Koike, former defense minister, and Nobuteru Ishihara, former land, transport, and tourism minister. Japan shouldn't immediately raise its consumption tax from 5 percent because it might hinder economic growth, Taro, the frontrunner to become prime minister, said. (Photo by Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)