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On December 26 Abe Shinzo who had become head of the LDP in September 2012 was selected to be the next prime minister by the LDP-dominated lower house.
The LDP in particular has flourished in the countryside.
Rising popularity has helped keep the LDP in line.
Mr Suzuki "resigned" from the LDP in March.
The LDP, in power almost without interruption since 1955, is a cold-war relic.
Ms Tanaka was this week suspended from the LDP, in an unrelated scandal.
A former health minister, Mr Masuzoe walked out of the LDP in 2010.
This triangle helped keep the LDP in power for almost 55 years.
They swung sharply behind the DPJ, or rather against the LDP, in 2009.
Japanese voters are deeply disillusioned with their leaders, and the LDP in particular.
In the spring voters will have ample opportunity to punish the LDP in nationwide local elections.
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