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| Japan Democrats agree coalition | Japan Democrats agree coalition |
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| Japan's newly-elected Democratic Party (DPJ) has agreed to form a coalition with two smaller parties, officials from the parties have said. | |
| The deal with the New People's Party and the Social Democratic Party came after agreement was reached on a proposal to move a US base in Okinawa. | The deal with the New People's Party and the Social Democratic Party came after agreement was reached on a proposal to move a US base in Okinawa. |
| Despite winning a landslide victory in last month's election, the DPJ needs support in parliament's upper house. | Despite winning a landslide victory in last month's election, the DPJ needs support in parliament's upper house. |
| DPJ leader Yukio Hatoyama is set to be declared prime minister next week. | DPJ leader Yukio Hatoyama is set to be declared prime minister next week. |
| The DPJ victory on 30 August overturned five decades of near-unbroken rule by Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. | The DPJ victory on 30 August overturned five decades of near-unbroken rule by Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. |
| The DPJ won 308 seats of the 480-member lower house but needs the support of the smaller parties in the weaker upper house to ensure bills are not delayed. | The DPJ won 308 seats of the 480-member lower house but needs the support of the smaller parties in the weaker upper house to ensure bills are not delayed. |
| "We've finally wrapped up talks. It's good we had a clean outcome. The three party leaders will meet in the afternoon and sign to confirm," said the DPJ secretary general, Katsuya Okada. | "We've finally wrapped up talks. It's good we had a clean outcome. The three party leaders will meet in the afternoon and sign to confirm," said the DPJ secretary general, Katsuya Okada. |
| Talks had faltered on Tuesday over the wording of a proposal to move a US base in Okinawa and relocate some US troops out of Japan to the US territory of Guam, in the Pacific. | Talks had faltered on Tuesday over the wording of a proposal to move a US base in Okinawa and relocate some US troops out of Japan to the US territory of Guam, in the Pacific. |
| The DPJ has pledged that foreign policy should lean more towards Asia, but Mr Hatoyama has said the alliance with the US remains central to Japan's diplomacy. | The DPJ has pledged that foreign policy should lean more towards Asia, but Mr Hatoyama has said the alliance with the US remains central to Japan's diplomacy. |