Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal democratic Party (LDP), is almost certain to win the LDP presidential election scheduled to be held later Monday.

Taro Aso, one of the five candidates for Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election, addresses a campaign to exposit his political beliefs in downtown Tokyo, capital of Japan, Sept. 11, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

A total of 527 ballots, consisting of 386 ballots from LDP Diet members and 141 from prefectural representatives, will be cast on the election day. According to the LDP election rule, the candidate who secures the absolute majority of the votes wins the election.

The Diet will surely choose the winner of the LDP presidential election as Japan’s new prime minister Wednesday, as the LDP commands the majority in the more powerful House of Representatives, which is entitled to decide on the country’s leader.

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