Shinzo Abe, president of Japan’s main op

Shinzo Abe, president of Japan's main op

Shinzo Abe, president of Japan’s main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), holds a news conference to announce the party’s pledges for the December 16 lower house election, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on November 21, 2012. Opinion polls published on November 19 showed Japan’s main opposition party out in front, days after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda set the country on the path to a general election.
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