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\f0\fs24 \cf2 (Image Credit: {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-05/japan-opposition-signals-willingness-to-debate-noda-s-bond-bill.html"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg}} )\uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b BY CELIA MURRAY\uc0\u8232 Anchor Candice Aviles
\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \u8232 Three years after being kicked out of office {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 the Liberal Democratic Party
is back\ulnone }}\'97 with ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe \'a0at the helm.\uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \'93Japan\'92s main opposition the Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner have
secured that two-thirds majority in the election for the lower house of parliament...\'94
\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \u8232 Abe is expected to return to a post he held just years ago,
in Japan\'92s seventh leadership change in six years. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20747496"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 According to the BBC}}, his party ran on a new platform that includes
a review of Japan\'92s foreign policy with China. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.aljazeera.com/"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 But as Al Jazeera reports}}, the economy was the driving factor behind
the LDP\'92s victory.\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \b \'93So he has promised to breathe new life
back into this anemic Japanese economy. To stop this deflationary policies of the past...\'94
\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \u8232 The Liberal Democratic Party has generally held consistent power
in Japan since its creation in 1955 until three years ago when it was dramatically ousted
by the Democratic Party of Japan, or DPJ.\u8232 \u8232 Now, with roles reversed, now-former
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the DPJ are in damage control mode, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/16/japanese-conservatives-poll-triumph"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 suggests The Guardian\'92s
Justin McCurry}}:\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \b He says, with polling suggesting his party
could be downsides to less than 70 seats, Noda will face calls to resign.
\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \u8232 Node in fact \'97 did announce he would quit, and called
the election results \'93regrettable.\'94 After 2011\'92s devastating Fukushima nuclear
disaster the issue of limiting nuclear power didn\'92t dominate the campaign as much as
analysts had expected.\u8232 \u8232 \u8232 What DID dominate \'97 above all \'97 {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/16/world/asia/japan-election/?hpt=wo_c2"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 says CNN}} \'97 is the country\'92s
shrinking economy.\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \u8232 But that\'92s why {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121217a2.html"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 The Japan Times}}\'92 Reiji
Yoshida says the LDP can\'92t rest easy either. He quotes a Japanese politics professor as
saying:\ \pard\pardeftab720\sa220
\b \cf2 \'93Voters did not seek a new choice, but wanted to punish the DPJ...\'94
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\fs26 \cf0 Japan\'92s now former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had only been in power since
2011. \fs24 \cf2 \
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