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• US says it Will Not Renegotiate Okinawa Troop Accord with New Japanese Government VOA 31 Aug 2009 -- US said it would not renegotiate a deal on US military bases in Japan.
• Japanese PM to resign as party leader after election defeat RIA Novosti 31 Aug 2009 -- Japanese PM Taro Aso announced he would resign as chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party following crushing defeat.
• Japanese PM Quits Party After Sweeping Rejection at Polls VOA 31 Aug 2009 -- Japan's prime minister is clearing the way for a new party, and a new leader, to set the nation's political agenda.
• General Elections Held in Japan KCNA 31 Aug 2009 -- General elections took place in Japan on August 30.
• Japan Enters New Era in Crushing Election Rebuke of Ruling Party VOA 30 Aug 2009 -- Japanese voters have resoundingly rejected the party that has set the country's policy agendas for more than half a century. The rise of a center-left party promising to soothe the pain of globalization is being seen as a major break with business as usual.
• Hatoyama, Heir to Political Dynasty, Promises 'Revolutionary Change' VOA 30 Aug 2009 -- Japan's apparent new prime minister-in-waiting, 62-year-old Yukio Hatoyama, may seem an unlikely figure to radically change the face of Japanese politics.
• Japan Poised for Historic Political Shift in Predicted Election Landslide VOA 28 Aug 2009 -- More than half a century of all but uncontested political leadership in Japan appears set to end this weekend, as voters elect new parliamentary representatives.
• Hiroshima anniversary time to renew commitment to disarm UN News Centre 06 Aug 2009 -- Anniversary of the dropping of atomic bomb serves as a time to renew global commitment to rid the world of deadly scourge.
• Korean Victims Mark Atomic Bomb Anniversary VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Sixty-four years ago, the United States dropped the first nuclear weapon used in war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
• Japan Marks Atomic Bombing Anniversary VOA 06 Aug 2009 -- Mayor ofHiroshima called for the abolition of nuclear weapons, as he marked the 64th anniversary of the US atomic bombing.