Upper house votes down censure motion against Mori

Upper house votes down censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Motooka (front), a member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), explains a nonbinding motion of censure against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (in the background) at the House of Councillors on May 31. The motion, submitted by the DPJ, the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party over Mori's remark that Japan is a divine nation centering on the emperor, was rejected by a majority vote of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partners.

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