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Japan's Agent of Change Disappears

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May 12, 2009
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Ichiro Ozawa, who announced his resignation as leader of Japan's main opposition, the Democratic Party of Japan (DJP), was always a strange figure to be an agent of change. He had no special charisma, was reputedly a poor speaker and not even well liked in his party or the public at large.

He espoused no particular radical views. Indeed, on most topics h…

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