Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 22, 2008.

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, left, meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, Dec. 22, 2008.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) meets Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 22, 2008.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 22, 2008.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing December 22, 2008.

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 22, 2008.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 22, 2008.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2/L) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao (2/R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 22, 2008.

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2/L) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao (2/R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 22, 2008.

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Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, fomer Prime Ministers, Yasuo Fukuda, left, and Shinzo Abe, second from right, shout "Long live the emperor" as Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko make a public appearance for well-wishers during a special event to mark the 20th anniversary...

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Activists from Oxfam, the WWF, and Greepeace stage a joint protest featuring the faces of heads of states from L-R: French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, US president Barack Obama, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, British prime minister Gordo...

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Activists from Oxfam, the WWF, and Greepeace stage a joint protest featuring the faces of heads of states from L-R: French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, US president Barack Obama, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, British prime minister Gordo...

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse (R) poses for a photo with former Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda in Sigiriya, about 20km (12 miles) north of Dambulla, July 28, 2009.

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TOKYO - JULY 21: Former Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe (3rd L) and Yasuo Fukuda (4th L) and other members of the House of Representatives attend the plenary session at the lower house on July 21, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.

South Korea's outgoing President Roh Moo-hyun (L), his wife Kwon Yang-suk and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) attend at the inauguration of new President Lee Myung-bak at parliament in Seoul in this February 25, 2008 file photo.

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Former Japanese prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) on the sidelines of the Boao Forum on April 18, 2009, in Boao in southern China's Hainan province.

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Former Japanese prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) on the sidelines of the Boao Forum on April 18, 2009, in Boao in southern China's Hainan province.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) talks to former Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2009 in Boao, Hainan province April 18, 2009.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, speaks with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, right, on the sidelines of the Boao Forum in Boao, China, Saturday, April 18, 2009.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, right, on the sidelines of the Boao Forum in Boao, China, Saturday, April 18, 2009.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with former Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2009 in Boao, Hainan province April 18, 2009.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2009 in Boao, Hainan province April 18, 2009.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2009 in Boao, Hainan province April 18, 2009.

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Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, right, chats with fomer Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shortly after the lower house unanimously passed a resolution urging North Korea to refrain from planned rocket launch during the plenary session at Parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) walks past lawmaker Taro Nakayama and former prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi (top L), Shinzo Abe (bottom L) and Yasuo Fukuda (bottom R) as he walks to his seat at a plenary session to vote on a second extra budget and related bills at the lower...