Japan's 6 parties square off in TV debate (Reuters) Updated: 2005-08-29 13:48
Leaders of Japan's six parties hold hands at
the start of a televised election debate at Japan National Press Club in
Tokyo August 29, 2005. Japanese six party leaders squared off in the
debate on Monday, one day before the official start of a dramatic campaign
for a general election that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says is a
referendum on reform. The leaders are: (L-R) People's New Party's Tamisuke
Watanuki, New Komeito Party's Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister and the
ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Junichiro Koizumi, main opposition
Democratic Party of Japan's Katsuya Okada, Communist Party of Japan's
Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima.
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