TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso looks set to keep his job and hold an election next month after efforts to force a ruling party meeting that could have pushed him to quit were blocked by party heavyweights.
Aso sparked chaos in the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) party when he announced plans for an Aug. 30 general election on Monday, just a day after the party was trounced by the rival Democratic Party in a Tokyo assembly election.
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