Article: ASCENT OF LDP'S TARO ASO BUOYS MANDARAKE, ANIME-ORIENTED STOCKS.

TOKYO, Sept 3 Asia Pulse - Stocks of Mandarake Inc. (TSE:2652) and other anime-oriented companies surged Tuesday amid speculation that a well-known connoisseur could become Japan's next prime minister.

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Taro Aso is a leading contender to succeed Yasuo Fukuda as party president and prime minister.

Fukuda announced Monday that he would resign.

On a day when the overall ...

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