Facing Party Rift, Japan’s Premier Calls Election (Published 2009)

TOKYO � Prime Minister Taro Aso faced the possibility of a revolt in his own party on Monday, after a bruising defeat in a local vote forced him to call for a general election in which his Liberal Democratic Party faces almost certain defeat. Mr. Aso had been trying to put off the national elections, now set for Aug. 30, in part because polls had shown that his party could lose its almost unbroken

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“The Tokyo assembly vote pushed Prime Minister Aso into a position where he either had to dissolve the Parliament or resign,” said Ichita Yamamoto 　　 このIchita Yamamoto って、山本一太のことか。