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*Aso accepts Abe's offer to become LDP secretary general: sources ** * TOKYO, Aug. 26 KYODO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Sunday evening to become secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Aso has accepted the offer, informed sources said. Abe is expected to revamp the Cabinet and LDP executive rosters on Monday. The moves come in the wake of the heavy defeat his party suffered in the July 29 upper house election. Aso had been tipped to be new LDP secretary general. ==Kyodo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
