DPJ rift

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan smiles as he enters his office in Tokyo on March 3, 2011. Yuko Sato, a House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party of Japan, has decided to bolt the ruling party to join a regional political group, a source at the group said the same day, in a fresh blow to Kan as he battles a deep rift within his party.

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