TOKYO: Despite big gains by the opposition, Japan's ruling coalition declared a slim majority in Sunday's nationwide parliamentary elections and vowed to stand by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's political and economic reforms.
“We'll be able to continue with a stable administration. I'm relieved,'' Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shinzo Abe said after results showed his party and its two junior partners had clinched control.
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