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Although the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party lost the parlimentary majority it has enjoyed for 20 years, Sunday's, election--which may unseat Prime Minister Takeo Miki--will probably not affect Japanese policy, experts on Japan said yesterday...
...Miki's days are numbered." Edwin O. Reischauer, director of the Japan Institute and University Professor, said, noting that the party leader often falls following poor election results...
Ezra R. Vogel, director of the East Asian Center and professor of Sociology, said Miki's probable replacement, Takeo Fukuda, has greater party support than Miki but will not represent a major policy change...
Craig noted that a party breakup could be precipitated if Miki decides to leave the party and take his supporters with him rather than accept deposition...
...majority of Japanese, though, joined Premier Takeo Miki in offering gokurosama (special thanks) to the shy, scholarly Emperor for his long reign. In Tokyo, Hirohito responded by recalling the pleasant and sad memories of 50 years, mentioning especially his grief for "the great number of victims of the last war and their families...