Exit polls: Japan ruling party loses on tax talk (AP)

AP - Battered by voter backlash over the prospect of higher sales taxes, Japan’s ruling Democratic party was headed to a heavy defeat in a parliamentary election Sunday, media exit polls showed, dealing a major setback to the young government.

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