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The man expected to be Japan's next prime minister |
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Yukio Hatoyama has held |
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his party's election victory as a revolution. |
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Exit polls suggest the center left Democratic Party of Japan |
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has won by landslide, |
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crushing the liberal democrats |
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who have dominated Japanese politics for half a century. |
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Roland Buerk reports from Tokyo. |
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Japan has now beginning a process |
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that has only been through once before |
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since 1955 the transition of power from liberal democratic party |
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to a new government. |
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Yukio Hatoyama must nice steer |
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the world second biggest economy back to sustainable growth |
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after a crushing recession |
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and tackle record unemployment. |
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The Democratic Party plans to forge a diplomacy less subservient |
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to the United States, and improve relations with its Asian neighbors. |
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They've also promised |
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to expand the welfare state, |
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even though Japan is already deeply indebted, |
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and rapidly aging population |
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is straining social security budgets. |