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...combined forces of Japan's opposition parties control of one of the houses in the Diet for the first time. Although the L.D.P. maintains control of the more powerful lower house, and therefore of the government, the defeat threw into question the party's continued dominance. Prime Minister Sousuke Uno promptly resigned his post after only two months, saying, "The entire responsibility for the defeat lies with...
...election turned on the Liberal Democrats' decision to allow more foreign agricultural goods into the country. Also at issue were taxes and Prime Minister Sousuke Uno's liaisons with geishas...
...elections cost the LDP control of the upper house of the Japanese parliament and brought down Prime Minister Sousuke Uno. Before the setback, the party had held a monopoly on government power in Japan since...
...almost lost in the sound and fury over his party's impending election setback was Prime Minister Uno's unveiling of a multi-billion dollar Third World aid package at the Paris economic summit...
...more rumors. Some L.D.P. sources swore that Uno and his Cabinet would resign within a week. That sounded overly dramatic, but Uno's dithering had created severe uncertainty. The timing is especially bad: it would embarrass the party and the nation if a new Prime Minister had to be picked before the summit of major industrial nations in Paris July 14-17. On July 23 the L.D.P. faces an election for half the 252 seats of the Upper House of the Diet. Uno may soon have more than four woes to worry about...