DPJ takes control of upper house

DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda, a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a speech at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after being elected upper house president. Eda became the first upper house member from outside the Liberal Democratic Party to take the post since 1956.

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