Business leader cautiously welcomes inroads by DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 10 about the results of Sunday's House of Representatives general election in which the ruling coalition maintained its lower house majority but by a reduced margin, and the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) notched gains in seats.

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