DPJ leader Ozawa hints at possibility of general election

TOKYO, Japan - Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks during his first press conference of the year at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 4. Ozawa hinted at the possibility that Prime Minister Taro Aso could be driven to dissolve the lower house as early as in the spring.

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