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Under Fire, Japan's PM Won't Bow to Election Calls

Body's censure of Fukuda a post-war first

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 11, 2008 10:29 AM CDT

(Newser) – Japan's prime minister suffered a humiliating blow today in a no-confidence motion passed by the upper house of the country's legislature—a post-war first, the BBC reports. Although the measure isn't politically binding, it's the latest step by the opposition to force Yasuo Fukuda to... Read full story »

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