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Japan's Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (L) listens to Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama (C) and Secretary General Katsuya Okada (R) at the parliament in Tokyo on September 10, 2009.

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TOKYO - AUGUST 18: (JAPANESE Kazuo Shii, leader of Japanese Communist Party makes a stump speech in front of Shinjuku Station on August 18, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The Lower House Election campaign officially begins as the voting day is on August 30.

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TOKYO - AUGUST 17: (L-R) Mizuho Fukushima, Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Akihiro Ota, Leader of the New Komeito Party, Taro Aso, President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Yukio Hatoyama, President of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), Kazuo Shii, Leader of the...

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TOKYO - AUGUST 17: Yukio Hatoyama (3rd R), President of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), speaks with (L-R) Mizuho Fukushima, Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Akihiro Ota, Leader of the New Komeito Party, Taro Aso, President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Kazuo S...

(L-R) Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima, New Komeito's Party Leader Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), who is also Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, main opposition Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama, Communist Party chairman Kazuo Shii and People'...

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Leaders of Japan's six major political parties take their hands together at the start of their debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Aug. 17, 2009, kicking off campaigns for parliamentary elections to be held Aug. 30.

Japanese Communist Party chairman Kazuo Shii speaks to a Reuters reporter during an interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo February 13, 2009.

Japanese Communist Party chairman Kazuo Shii speaks to a Reuters reporter during an interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo February 13, 2009.