Topic: Akikazu Hashimoto
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Japan's opposition crushes LDP in landmark victory
Exit polls on Sunday gave the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) more than 300 seats in Japan's 480-seat Diet (parliament), ending more than 54 years of nearly unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party.
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In election season, Japan's voters more skeptical of 'hereditary' candidates
Amid recession woes, some politicians see an opening in a system long tipped toward political families.
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Obama said N. Korea 'broke the rules.' Now what?
N. Korea's missile launch Sunday complicates the long-term strategy of the US and her Asian allies toward Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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