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Japan's new PM faces daunting in-tray

It's all but certain that Yukio Hatoyama will be elected Japan's next prime minister on Wednesday.

Challenges ahead for Japan's new ruling party

Now comes the hard part. Handed a sweeping mandate for change, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) begins the formidable task of delivering on a laundry list of promises intended to lift the country after its worst recession since World War II.

Japanese opposition set for victory; PM quits as party head

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso announced his resignation as head of the party that has governed Japan for decades following its apparent landslide defeat in elections Sunday.

Political shift likely as Japanese head to polls

Voters in Japan will turn out for parliamentary elections Sunday in what poll after poll shows will be a historic shift in political power to oust the ruling party.

Disgruntled Japanese prepare to vote

The recession's latest victim in Japan may not be corporate earnings but the political careers of the ruling party in the country's parliament.

Japanese PM dissolves parliament

Japan dissolved its lower house of parliament Tuesday ahead of general elections in August.

Japanese PM to call for general election

Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso will dissolve the lower house of parliament this month and call for general elections in August, the government said Monday.

Aso confirmed as Japan's new PM

Taro Aso, an outspoken politician and a former foreign minister, became Japan's new prime minister Wednesday after the powerful lower house of parliament overruled the upper house's choice for a leader.

Time.com: Clock Starts Running for Japan's Aso

Just one day into his leadership, Japan's new prime minister could be looking at the shortest run as prime minister in Japan's postwar history

Japan's PM Fukuda resigns; Aso in the wings

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has formally resigned, making way for Taro Aso, the newly elected leader of the ruling party, to fill the post.

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