JAPAN: Kan holds on but must prove himself

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  • Overwhelming victory
  • Balanced MP support
  • Party members/supporters
  • Urban Japan
  • Initial failures
  • July election
  • Manifesto promises
  • Purging Ozawa
  • Kan's victory
  • Popular support
  • Leadership stability
  • Willingness to compromise
  • Key groups
  • Victory impact
  • DPJ voice
  • Clearer policy
  • Kan/Ozawa
  • General election
  • Yen move

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