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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; ELECTION 2012</title>
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		<title>Juicy stimulus plan already in works</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party is primed to compile a large-scale supplementary budget for fiscal 2012 to rev up the economy after its landslide victory in Sunday&#8217;s Lower House election. For the regular budget for fiscal 2013 starting next April, the LDP plans massive public works spending, including outlays for measures to minimize the impact of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keidanren chief praises election results, calls for strong leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyodo The chief of the nation&#8217;s largest business lobby on Monday welcomed the Liberal Democratic Party&#8217;s landslide victory in the general election and called for strong leadership in rebuilding the economy, promoting free trade and other issues. The victory &#8220;is an indication of people&#8217;s expectations for the LDP&#8217;s capability to rebuild the economy, as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communists, SDP struggle to remain relevant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party, two small but enduring opposition groups in the Diet, lost seats in Sunday&#8217;s general election as several &#8220;third-force&#8221; groups emerged to challenge the status quo. The JCP, headed by Kazuo Shii, slid from nine seats to eight, while the SDP, led by Mizuho Fukushima, was reduced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LDP charges back, vows to regain voter confidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After winning more than two-thirds of the Lower House in Sunday&#8217;s general election, the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito are set to launch a coalition government as early as next week, with hawkish LDP leader Shinzo Abe becoming prime minister. Abe, who served in the post for less than a year in 2006 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s ranks slip to 38 seats</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of women elected to the Lower House on Sunday fell to 38 &#8212; or 7.9 percent of the 480 members &#8212; after setting record highs in the previous two races of 43 in 2005 and 54 in 2009. The decline was particularly noticeable in departing Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda&#8217;s Democratic Party of Japan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inose wins landslide victory in Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naoki Inose, a prizewinning writer turned Tokyo&#8217;s deputy chief, won by a landslide in Sunday&#8217;s gubernatorial election, garnering more than 4 million votes, the most ballots an individual has ever won, final returns showed Monday. Inose, 66, who was named by predecessor Shintaro Ishihara, 80, as his favored candidate when Ishihara abruptly stepped down in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voter turnout plummeted to a record postwar low</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voter turnout Sunday set a new postwar low for Lower House elections, the government said Monday. Turnout sank to 59.32 percent for single-seat constituencies and 59.31 percent for the proportional representation segment, according to the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry. Both figures represent a drop of 9.96 points from the previous election in 2009. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ozawa only DPJ defector to win district</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa, the former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan also known as &#8220;the destroyer,&#8221; was the only one of the party&#8217;s 71 defectors to win a single-seat district Sunday. Ozawa, now a member of the newly formed Nippon Mirai no To (Tomorrow Party of Japan), won his usual seat in the Iwate No. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DPJ blows chance to establish two-party rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took 54 years for the nation&#8217;s politics to produce a viable opposition party, and 39 months for it to self-destruct after winning power, splintering prospects for an enduring policy-driven two-party system. The Democratic Party of Japan lost three-fourths of its seats in the Lower House on Sunday, three years after sweeping the Liberal Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The drubbing taken by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda&#8217;s Democratic Party of Japan on Sunday left it with just 57 seats and one option: to rebuild. That is expected to be easier said than done. The DPJ had 230 seats before Noda dissolved the lower chamber and lost 173, including an unprecedented eight incumbent Cabinet ministers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yen skids to 20-month low against dollar after LDP victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The yen fell to its weakest level versus the dollar since April 2011 after Shinzo Abe&#8217;s Liberal Democratic Party swept back to power in Sunday&#8217;s election, giving him a chance to act on pledges of expanded fiscal and monetary stimulus. The yen tumbled to an almost nine-month low against the euro after the LDP won [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economy, split of antinuclear vote, aided LDP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy prevailed over nuclear power in the minds of voters in Sunday&#8217;s general election, dealing a setback to antinuclear parties, including the newly established Nippon Mirai no To (Tomorrow Party of Japan) and the Social Democratic Party. Even so, pundits and antinuclear activists insist that although the traditionally pronuclear Liberal Democratic Party won by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea, China pose diplomatic hurdles for Abe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un entered his second year in power Monday, the first anniversary of the death of his father and longtime ruler Kim Jong Il. Like it was under his predecessor, the Pyongyang regime continues to pose a security threat to Japan. This was underscored by the country&#8217;s launch last week of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After bout of confusion, Nippon Ishin agrees to nominate Ishihara for prime minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) ironed out a fresh rift Monday by deciding to vote for party chief Shintaro Ishihara when the Diet nominates candidates for prime minister on Dec. 26, a senior party official said Monday. Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, Nippon Ishin&#8217;s secretary general, said the party has reached a consensus to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Torrent of support for LDP clears pipes for fiscal spigot</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The magnitude of the Liberal Democratic Party&#8217;s win in Sunday&#8217;s general election smooths the path for fiscal stimulus in early 2013 as incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to end the economy&#8217;s contraction. The two-thirds majority won by the LDP-New Komeito coalition in the Lower House enables it to override most decisions by the opposition-controlled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China paper warns of Abe&#8217;s hard line</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese Communist Party newspaper, in the editorial of its Monday edition, warned against the hardline stance of Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe, who is set to become the next prime minister. China will be closely watching how Japan&#8217;s next administration, to be led by Abe, will sort out the current chaotic situation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LDP flattens DPJ in bruising return to power</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito alliance won 325 seats in the Lower House &#8212; a supermajority that would allow it to override Upper House vetoes &#8212; as it reclaims power after three years in the opposition. The LDP victory ends the government led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda&#8217;s Democratic Party of Japan and sets the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Architects of DPJ effort accept blame for loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masami Ito</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The air was filled with doom at the Democratic Party of Japan&#8217;s campaign center Sunday evening as the ruling party came to grips with its sobering defeat in the Lower House election. While the Liberal Democratic Party swept to victory with New Komeito, many key DPJ members lost in single-seat constituencies, including Chief Cabinet Secretary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snoozing staff delay vote in Akita, Gifu</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The start of voting Sunday was delayed in the cities of Akita and Gifu as the custodians of the ballot slips overslept for the House of Representatives election. About 10 voters in Akita and two in Gifu went home without casting ballots after waiting fruitlessly at the polling stations. According to the Akita election management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inose cruises to victory in Tokyo governor&#8217;s race</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naoki Inose, the prizewinning writer who became a Tokyo vice governor in 2007, was elected the capital&#8217;s next governor Sunday. The 66-year-old Inose, named by Shintaro Ishihara as his favored candidate when he stepped down as governor in October to run for the Diet, has promised to carry on work left unfinished by his predecessor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zero nuclear goal looks vulnerable</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recently compiled energy strategy aimed at phasing out nuclear power by the 2030s is likely to be revised under the next government, expected to be led by the Liberal Democratic Party, which has been critical of the push to completely abandon atomic energy despite the Fukushima No. 1 reactor meltdowns last year. But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loss of Niigata seat puts end to &#8216;Tanaka Empire&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former education minister Makiko Tanaka of the Democratic Party of Japan lost her seat in Niigata Prefecture in Sunday&#8217;s general election. Tanaka&#8217;s defeat to Liberal Democratic Party contender Tadayoshi Nagashima in the No. 5 district was mostly due to her weakening support from local, aging voters, observers said. Nagashima, former mayor of the village of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nippon Ishin falls short, readies for next race</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) picked up only 54 seats in the Lower House election, a far cry from the hundreds of seats party leaders had hoped for. But party leaders were already looking ahead to the next Upper House election, and indicated a willingness to work with the Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Tokyo, Osaka voters, election revolved around economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The multitude of parties and issues on the table Sunday made it difficult for voters to make up their minds, according to those who spoke with The Japan Times on the streets of Tokyo and Osaka. As with earlier opinion polls leading up to the election, most people said that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda&#8217;s ruling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nippon Ishin seen in coalition lottery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) is stumbling into Sunday&#8217;s Lower House election with polls showing it will pick up just a fraction of the seats it was eyeing, as internal squabbles have sown confusion and distrust among voters. However, with the Liberal Democratic Party predicted to win up to 300 seats and plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LDP remains the front-runner in Kyodo&#8217;s final survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party held onto its No. 1 position in the fifth and final pre-election poll by Kyodo News, while the Democratic Party of Japan managed to replace the recently formed Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) in second place. In the nationwide telephone poll conducted Wednesday and Thursday, 22.9 percent of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idled reactors&#8217; fate holds center stage in nuclear hub Fukui</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a snowy afternoon just a few days before the general election, local politicians and many residents of Fukui Prefecture were in a state of shock and wondering what the future holds, after a team of nuclear experts declared it is highly likely that a fault under the Tsuruga nuclear plant&#8217;s reactor 2 is active. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candidate, 94, taps funeral fund, runs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 94-year-old man who cashed in his funeral savings to use as an election deposit was out canvassing for votes Friday as the oldest candidate in Sunday&#8217;s Lower House poll. Running as an independent, Ryokichi Kawashima says he felt he had to get involved in politics to stop the younger generation making such a mess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Party strategists shift focus to seat counts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political parties have turned their attention to the seat math for Sunday&#8217;s Lower House election because how they fare will determine how much power they can later wield. Altogether, 241 seats will constitute a majority in the 480-seat Lower House. If the two top opposition parties, the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito, do well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candidate, 94, taps funeral fund, runs for Lower House seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 94-year-old man who cashed in his funeral savings to use as an election deposit was out canvassing for votes Friday as the oldest candidate in Sunday&#8217;s Lower House poll. Running as an independent, Ryokichi Kawashima says he felt he had to get involved in politics to stop the younger generation making such a mess [...]]]></description>
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