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Uncertainty after the shift of power

By Michiyo Nakamoto

Published: September 8 2009 15:59 | Last updated: September 8 2009 15:59

Japan elections results
Morning story: a commuter at a railway station news stand in Tokyo, as the landslide victory of the Democratic Party of Japan is announced in the press the following day

In the dog days of summer, a restless Japanese public has just cast an historic vote for change. Amid a grim economic environment, the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has been ousted from government, following months of simmering discontent.

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