Japan's right-wing Liberal Democratic Party is set to form a government, after a dramatic comeback in Sunday's general election, barely three years after it suffered a historic defeat. One of the victorious candidates in Japan's general election on Sunday appeared in front of cheering supporters holding a large fish. Why? The politician was Shinjiro Koizumi, son of the retired former Prime Ministe
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