Yasuo Fukuda, who is favored to win the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election, said Saturday he will not visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine if elected prime minister and vowed to continue Japan's antiterrorism mission in the Indian Ocean. </PARAGRAPH>
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<TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso –
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Fukuda shake hands at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Saturday before holding a joint news conference.
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"Would you do something your friend doesn't want you to do? I don't think so," Fukuda said at a news conference Saturday morning to declare his candidacy.
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