Japanese leader gets big boost as ruling party heads for victory in parliament elections
Monday, September 12, 2005
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi scored a political triumph Sunday as the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party headed for a landslide win in an election touted as a referendum on his push to privatize Japan's cash-swollen postal system.
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