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Japan - Prime Minister

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader, later this month. Whoever is selected will face a difficult task: trying to revive the Japanese economy. Japan is stuck in its worst economic downturn since World War II. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

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