(5)Opposition DPJ may outpace LDP in upper house poll

(5)Opposition DPJ may outpace LDP in upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who concurrently serves as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LD), responds to a TV interview at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 11 as vote counting for the House of Councillors election suggested a major victory for the opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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