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TOKYO - Prime Minister Noda resigns asDemocratic Party of Japan president after election defeat. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. |
Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) has won a landslide victory in the election for parliament's lower house, according to TV exit polls, returning to power after a three-year-hiatus with ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe at the helm. |
Associated Press/Itsuo Inouye - Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Shinzo Abe speaks during a campaign rally for the Dec. 16 parliamentary elections in Kawaguchi, near Tokyo, Saturday, …more Dec. 15, 2012. |
TOKYO -- The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party won a clear majority in Japanese parliamentary elections Sunday, media exit polls showed, signaling a rightward shift in the government that could further heighten tensions with rival China. |
Still, many voters remained undecided, reflecting a lack of enthusiasm for any party and bewilderment over a host of new parties that have sprung up. |
Reuters/Reuters - Japan's main opposition LiberalDemocratic Party's (LDP) leader and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech during a campaign for the December 16 lower house election in Ageo, north …more of Tokyo December 11, 2012. |
Media surveys show the Liberal Democratic Party on course for a convincing victory in the lower-house election, with the Democratic Party of Japanled by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda set to be ousted in the race for the premiership. Some opinion polls ... |
Public broadcaster NHK predicted that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) would win between 275 and 310 seats in the legislature, compared with just 55-77 seats for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda'sDemocratic Party of Japan. It said it based these ... |
An 11th-hour plea to voters by the prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, to turn their backs on the LDP's "old-style politics" was unlikely to save hisDemocratic party of Japan (DPJ) from a crushing defeat. Some polls suggest the LDP, along with its... |
The conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Shinzo Abe has won the Japanese election, exit polls predict. The LDP, which enjoyed almost 50 years of unbroken rule until 2009, is projected to have an overall majority in the new parliament. |
TOKYO—Japan's main opposition LiberalDemocratic Party appears set to sweep back to power in the Dec. 16 general election with a solid majority, surveys showed, a result that would reinstall security hawk and monetary-policy dove Shinzo Abe as prime ... |
The governing Democratic party of Japan [DPJ] is expected to suffer a heavy defeat, three years after it ended the LDP's near-monopoly on power with a landslide victory at the last election. |
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