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Article: ASCENT OF LDP'S TARO ASO BUOYS MANDARAKE, ANIME-ORIENTED STOCKS.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- September 3, 2008
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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 ...