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Buyers' Remorse in Japan

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Dec 10, 2008
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With only two months past since Taro Aso overwhelmingly won an election to lead the Liberal Democratic Party, already many in Japan are experiencing something akin to buyers’ remorse. The Aso cabinet’s public approval rating, not all that high to begin with, has fallen 25 percentage points in just eight weeks to a low of around 22 percent.

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