Voice of America: Japan Lawmakers Return Hawkish Shinzo Abe to Power

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Japan Lawmakers Return Hawkish Shinzo Abe to Power Dec 26th 2012, 07:19 Japan has a new prime minister. The Diet (parliament) on Wednesday selected  Shinzo Abe to again lead the country after his Liberal Democratic Party scored a solid comeback in elections this month. That ends a three-year stay in power for the Democratic Party of Japan. With the conservatives holding a solid majority in the more powerful 480-seat lower house, there was no doubt former prime minister Abe would again be chosen to lead Japan. After the official tally was announced -- Mr. ... Media files: CBD2DFAC-C3DC-458C-9D2D-7CF85A432BBD_cx0_cy2_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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