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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 31 > Japan’s voters rebuke longtime top party

Japan’s voters rebuke longtime top party

By Yuriko Nagano and John M. Glionna / The Bulletin
August 31, 2009

TOKYO " Japanese voters on Sunday handed a humiliating defeat to the Liberal Democratic Party after its half-century of nearly unbroken rule, opting for an untested opposition party that pledged to revive the nation's ailing economy.

Signaling frustration over a declining quality of life, a....

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