In this 1949 photo distributed by Taro Aso Office, Taro Aso, center bottom, is accompanied by his grandfather and then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, right, wearing a hat, and his mother Kazuko, daughter of Yoshida, as they visit Tokyo's Ueno Zoo to see two elephants presented by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Japan's troubled ruling Liberal Democratic Party has elected brash former Foreign Minister Taro Aso as its new leader Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. [Agencies]