Prime Minister Taro Aso's decision to bolster his depleted Cabinet appeared to be strategy as usual and his apparent inability to change the Liberal Democratic Party leadership is a sign party bigwigs still hold sway, but neither may matter in the looming... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Wed, Jul 01 2009
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| 14 Jan 09 |
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| 29 May 09 |
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