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...21, 2008.</ref> Tensions mounted on the island after the election of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]] to [[Government of Japan|government]] in 2009, as they and their [[coalit

...l Democratic Party]] which had proposed the handouts was defeated by the [[Democratic Party of Japan]]. The newly-elected government had no plans to repeat the measure, and had

...rst and subsequent election to the office, with support from the [[Liberal Democratic Party of Japan]] (LDP) and [[New Komeito]]; indeed, Ishihara had previously been an LDP me

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...om September 2009 to June 2010. He became [[president]] of the governing [[Democratic Party of Japan]] (DPJ) in May 2009, stepping down as he relinquished his role as [[prime m

...vernment]]', a frequently-used phrase in 2009 due to the election of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]] under then-leader [[Yukio Hatoyama]].