Japanese PM Election Starts

TOKYO - SEPTEMBER 10: (L-R)Former Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Kaoru Yosano, Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Former Foreign Minister Taro Aso, Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike and Former land, infrastructure and transportation Minister Nobuteru Ishihara join hands at joint press conference on LDP's presidential election campaign at Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarter on September 10, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. Taro Aso, Yuriko Koike, Shigeru Ishiba, Nobuteru Ishihara and Kaoru Yosano are running for the election, the new Japanese Prime Minister will be decided on September 22. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)