Japan's embattled prime minister has decided to dissolve parliament and call general elections for next month, a news reports said Monday, after his party was defeated in a Tokyo municipal poll considered a barometer of voter sentiment.
Reports: Japan's Pm To Call National Elections
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 11:11pm
Topics: elections japan parliament poll prime minister
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