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				Japan vote could set new tone for nation
			Posted Dec 15, 2012 		
		
		Media Outlet: 
NPR’s “Weekend Edition”
Japan holds elections tomorrow for the lower house of parliament, which is more powerful than the upper house, and which has more control over the budget and selects the prime minister. Over the years, the country has been plagued by a succession of weak leaders. “Most people are very disenchanted with politics in Japan,” said Jeff Kingston, a faculty member at Temple University, Japan Campus.