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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Masuzoe to leave LDP, set up new party
  Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe prepares to leave the LDP and launch a new party as early as Friday, with him in the top spot.
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20100422a2.html
  
  
• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Tokunoshima still eyed for base relocation
  Kyodo News
  The administration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will continue to pursue the relocation of the U.S. Futenma military base from Okinawa to Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano suggested Wednesday despite being snubbed the previous day by local leaders on the island.
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20100422a4.html
  
  
• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Hatoyama washes his hands of tainted ex-aide
  Kyodo News
  A day before one of his former aides faced a court decision over alleged falsification of political money reports, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he no longer has anything to do with him and refused to submit related documents to the Diet.
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20100422a6.html
  
  
• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Head of Japanese Communist Party to visit U.S. for first time
  Kyodo News
  Japanese Communist Party Chairman Kazuo Shii says he will visit the United States from April 30 through May 8, the first visit to the country by a leader of the party.
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20100422f2.html