TARO ASO: The conservative prime minister was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party last September after his two predecessors each lasted only a year in office. Philadelphia Eagles LeSean McCoy Jerseys . He vowed to restore public confidence in the party, but his support ratings quickly fell as the worsening recession sapped voter support for the party. Aso, 68, is one of Japans most colorful politicians. He is the countrys first Roman Catholic prime minister, is an Olympic skeetshooter and is known for his penchant for Cuban cigars, comic books and gold necklaces. The grandson of former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, who co-founded the ruling party and held the countrys top office in 1946-1954, Aso is a political blue blood. His wifes father was the late Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki, and his sister married into the royal family. After graduating from Tokyos Gakushuin University in 1963, he studied at Stanford University and the London School of Economics. He was president of his familys Aso Cement Co. from 1973-1979. Last year, he acknowledged his family mining business used more than 300 Allied prisoners of war as forced laborers in the final months of World War II. First elected to parliament in 1979, Aso has served several key party and Cabinet posts, most recently as foreign minister. YUKIO HATOYAMA: President of the Democratic Party of Japan, Hatoyama, 62, is the grandson of Ichiro Hatoyama, who was premier from 1954-1956 and was also a co-founder of the Liberal Democratic Party. His father, Iichiro, served as foreign minister and his younger brother Kunio has served several minister posts in the Aso government. Hatoyama studied engineering at the prestigious University of Tokyo and earned his Ph.D. at Stanford University before starting a teaching career. In 1983, he became a private secretary to his father, and was elected to parliament three years later. He has since been re-elected seven times. 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The Flyers hope Guerin can accomplish what Blair Betts did a year ago, when he came to training camp on a tryout contract, made the team as a fourth-line center, and earned a two-year contract this summer. ' ' '

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