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Japan braces for gridlock after ruling party loss (AP)

July 12th, 2010

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan walks past posters of himself during ballot counting in the upper house parliamentary elections at the party's election headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, July 11, 2010. Battered by voter backlash over the prospect of higher sales taxes, his Democratic Party of Japan suffered a heavy defeat in the parliamentary elections, media exit polls showed, dealing a blow that could hinder the young government's ability to control soaring debt. The posters read: 'Bring back a healthy Japan.' (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japan’s ruling party faced the prospect of political gridlock Monday as bad losses in weekend parliamentary elections undermine its attempts to reduce the ballooning budget deficit and revive growth in the world’s second-largest economy.


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