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By Mark Landler and Martin Fackler / The Bulletin
September 2, 2009
WASHINGTON — Ever since Gen. Douglas MacArthur presided over this former enemy’s rise from the rubble of war, Japan has been the unshakeable cornerstone of U.S. policy in Asia, largely because it was always run by the same conservative, pro-American political party. Now, after Sunday’s electoral....