Politics Returns to Disaster-struck Japan
Politics in Japan went into the deep freeze in the immediate aftermath of the March 11 triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. But slowly the old political standoff that had threatened to bring the government to a halt is reasserting itself.
In a way, the disaster saved Prime Minister Naoto Kan's bacon, at least temporarily. Before…
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