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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi came
to power in April on a groundswell of street-level support
and a desire among Japanese for change to the long-ruling
Liberal Democratic Party.
Voters have been drawn to the charismatic
leader who has promised to change the political system
and reform Japan's moribund economy amid a global downturn.
In a triumph for Koizumi's reform proposals,
Japan's ruling coalition has comprehensively won victory
in elctions for the upper house of Parliament on July
29.
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