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Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) secretary general Ichiro Ozawa (L) helps former prime minister Tsutomu Hata (R) to cast his vote for the new prime minister during the Lower House plenary session at the National Diet in Tokyo on September 16, 2009. Japan’s new centre-left prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, took power in a fresh start for Asia’s top economy, which had been under conservative rule for almost all of the post-war era. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)
