LDP in crushing defeat in general election

LDP in crushing defeat in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Suga, vice chief of the election committee of Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party, faces a throng of reporters, photographers and TV crews in a TV interview in front of a board bearing the names of LDP candidates at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30. The LDP suffered a crushing defeat in the House of Representatives election the same day. (Kyodo)

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