TOKYO -- Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and Constitutional Democratic Party are courting smaller parties ahead of the upcoming vote to choose the country's next prime minister, after the LDP and its coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in Sunday's lower house election.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, right, is expected to face off with Constitutional Democratic Party leader Yoshihiko Noda at an upcoming parliamentary session to keep his post. (Source images by Uichiro Kasai, Mizuho Miyazaki)
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