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Japan PM to resign, successor race hard to call

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Thu, Aug 25 2011

Japan PM to resign, successor race hard to call

Challenges facing next Japan PM

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan leaves from the podium at a general meeting of his ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lawmakers at the parliament building in Tokyo August 26, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Toru Hanai

TOKYO (Reuters) - The race to pick Japan's sixth leader in five years appeared on Friday to be shaping up as a battle between the most popular contender and a rival backed by a party powerbroker, although with five candidates in play, the outcome was hard to call.

Linda Sieg and Tetsushi Kajimoto

TOKYO
Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:28am EDT

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/26/us-japan-politics-idUSTRE77P0KZ20110826




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