TOKYO -- Across the street from Japan's Diet parliament building, with its pyramid-shaped dome, stands the prime minister's official residence. Completed in 1929 and serving also as the prime minister's office until 2002, the art deco structure is now bustling with workers as it undergoes renovations to welcome a new occupant.
After his party's coalition lost its majority in Oct. 27's election, incumbent Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, right, must seek new coalition partners or try ruling in a minority government. Meanwhile main opposition party leader, Yoshihiko Noda, left, is trying to put together a ruling coalition of his own. (Photos by Konosuke Urata, Uichiro Kasai and Mizuho Miyazaki)
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