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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 30 > Japan’s ruling party enters elections as the underdog

Japan’s ruling party enters elections as the underdog

By Eric Talmadge / The Bulletin
August 30, 2009

TOKYO " Japanese cast ballots today in hotly contested parliamentary elections in which the ruling conservative party, battered by a laggard economy and voter desire for change after more than half a century of virtual one-party rule, was expected to suffer an overwhelming defeat.

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