Candidates for the president of the Liberal Democratic Party

JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 11: Candidates for the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) raise their arms on a rooftop of a campaign van during a stumping tour in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. From left to right are Nobuteru Ishihara, former land, transport, and tourism minister, Yuriko Koike, former defense minister, Taro Aso, secretary general of the LDP, Shigeru Ishiba, former defense minister, and Kaoru Yosano, Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister. Japan's government should employ "every means" to spur economic growth, and balancing the budget isn't a priority, prime minister candidate Aso said, deepening a policy rift with rivals. (Photo by Toshiyuki Aizawa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)