Noda announces election pledges

Noda announces election pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announces his Democratic Party of Japan's pledges at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Nov. 27, 2012. In the pledges released ahead of the Dec. 16 House of Representatives election, the ruling party promised to phase out nuclear energy in the 2030s and fight deflation by cooperating with the Bank of Japan.

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