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2012/11/11

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photoPrime Minister Yoshihiko Noda leaves his official residence on Nov. 9 (Satoru Semba)

Apparently hoping to delay calling an election--and to influence its outcome--Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has raised the question of Japan joining talks over the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade arrangement, something that the main opposition party is fiercely against.

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